means A heavy decorative cloth into which pictures or patterns are woven by hand, often hung on walls; also, figuratively, any rich and intricate combination of many elements.

from From Old French 'tapisserie,' from 'tapis' (a carpet or heavy cloth), which traces back through Latin 'tapete' to Greek 'tapes' — a woven cover or rug. The Greek word itself may be a borrowing from further east, where such weaving had deep roots, though the trail there grows faint. The English '-stry' ending arrived a bit muddled, as if the word picked up an extra thread on the way over the Channel.