Welcome To the World of Tapestries

Since our beginning in 1993, we at Heirloom European Tapestries have provided our tapestry expertise to literally thousands of Americans from coast to coast. It’s been our privilege in our capacity as tapestry décor advisers to help home owners, designers, office managers, doctors, ministers, restaurateurs, hotel owners, film set designers and multitudes of other people resolve tapestry decorating, size or custom issues. We’ve worked with you to resolve all sorts of wall hanging tapestry questions from ‘what size should I have?’ to ‘what if I don’t like it?’ to ‘why are hand woven tapestries in New Zealand wool better than regular wool?’

We’ve helped our customers bring to their homes, offices, restaurants, hotels etc, that extra special beauty that only a tapestry can provide. We thank you all for the opportunity to share our love of tapestries. They are indeed, often the single most significant decorative element in any room. Like all classics which never go out of style, tapestries have an 800 year old tradition which beautifully complements today’s interiors, adding a unique touch of warmth, luxury and richness to both traditional and contemporary rooms.

Nothing transforms a room like a wall hanging tapestry!
At first, decorating with tapestries can seem intimidating. The old world meets the new, and whether our walls are large or small, big questions arise. What colors should I use? What design would suit me? And, often the biggest question, what size is best? The answers of course, are multiple and subjective-it depends! It depends not so much on rules as judgments. In the following pages, we'll touch upon some of the design criteria that we hope will help you develop an informed approach to understanding tapestries in general and your project in particular.