what fabric are tapestries made of
1. Determine if the tapestry is made of wool, linen, cotton, the fabrics typically used to make tapestries during the 15th through the 17th centuries, or a combination of fabrics.Silk fabric may indicate a fine antique tapestry, as royalty often commissioned tapestries in fine silk.ook at the front of the tapestry, near the bottom. Older tapestries often have the initials or full name of the person who made the tapestry on the front, just like an artist's signature, either stitched into the fabric or written in dye.