WHAT IS IT, ANYWAY?

Tapestry is a foreign word to some, a Carole King album to others.

But it’s “a heavy handwoven reversible textile used for hangings, curtains, and upholstery and characterized by complicated pictorial designs.” (OK, we stole that from Merriam-Webster.com.)

And tapestries are what’s on display at the Figge Art Museum through January, with the work of sculptor Henry Moore’s West Dean Tapestries, called “Mother and Child.” These are re-creations of the drawing by the British sculptor.

Figge executive director Sean O’Harrow says the showing is a rarity.

“We don’t normally show tapestries. Most museums don’t,” he said. “So to see 20th century tapestries is unique as well.”