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Tapestries
		Tapestry is a weave in which the structural yarns (the warp) are completely covered by the filler yarns (the weft), creating a design. A tapestry for wall decoration is normally only finished on one side while a tapestry for use as a rug is finished on both sides. Crane's tapestries and rugs are woven in this same time-honored tradition.
		The designs are simpler and more geometric than the pictorial works of older European tapestries and Crane's designs are inspired by both the early weavers of the American Southwest and those of Medieval heraldic banners and shields. Rugs are woven flat in the Navajo style rather than with the pile surface technique of Persian carpets. The fiber is usually wool.