No – except for those models noted as such in our website under our Clearance section. With the exception of the Chinese hand woven models, or expensive hand woven models from Europe and elsewhere most tapestries sold throughout the world (via the internet or by other means) are not hand-woven, despite some of the colourful rhetoric. Most of the tapestries commercially available today (with the exception of hand woven models) are woven on a Jacquard Loom.
In 1757 Jacques de Vaucanson developed a low warp (basse-lisse) loom that was improved by Joseph Maree Jacquard (1752-1834). This loom was to be the pre-curser of the technique used in the Jacquard looms of today, and increased the speed at which tapestries could be reproduced.
Weft yarns (left to right) of different colours are woven from the back of the fabric to the face of the tapestry to form the design, the purpose of which was to imitate hand woven tapestry.
Today, many forms of Jacquard weaves of varying qualities are incorporated into the manufacture of Jacquard tapestries. Different makes of Jacquard loom impart their own "fingerprint" or look to the tapestry they produce and these tapestries usually derive their name from the place (or workshop) of manufacture eg. Halluin, Gobelin, Louvieres and Loiselles (France).