Dovetail

Glossary

A method of tapestry weaving where wefts of two different colours are woven onto the same warp threads. This method allows for block colour weaving as it does not leave a slit or gap between other colour blocks in a tapestry. There are two kinds of such weaving — comb dovetailing, where the single wefts alternate over the warp, and sawtooth dovetailing, which involves weaving clusters of the weft simultaneously.

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Dovetail%newline%A method of tapestry weaving where wefts of two different colours are woven onto the same warp threads. This method allows for block colour weaving as it does not leave a slit or gap between other colour blocks in a tapestry. There are two kinds of such weaving — comb dovetailing, where the single wefts alternate over the warp, and sawtooth dovetailing, which involves weaving clusters of the weft simultaneously.

Chicago	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. “Dovetail”. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/dovetail/
MLA	“Dovetail.” MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. https://mapacademy.io/glossary/dovetail/. Accessed 27, April, 2024.
Harvard	MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art. (2022) Dovetail. [Online]. Available at: https://mapacademy.io/glossary/dovetail/. (Accessed: 27, April, 2024)