It was designed by Iranian born graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi who now lives in Paris.

She was commissioned by the Mobilier National, an historic French agency once responsible for the furnishings in royal residences.

Eight weavers at the traditional tapestry factories of Les Gobelins and Beauvais began work on creating the full size tapestry in August 2021.

When complete, shortly before the Olympics, the final work will stand at nine metres high with a width of 3.3 metres.

"I was very excited about this commission but also super anxious, I had to design something that was worthy of the prestige," Satrapi admitted.

The tapestry contains visual references to the Eiffel Tower, and also a woman throwing a javelin.

It will also feature breaking, a new sport for Paris 2024 and skateboarding, which made its Olympic debut in Tokyo.

The design also incorporates a male and female athlete holding an Olympic Flame to acknowledge the equality of gender at the Games.

Satrapi, the author of Persepolis, a graphic novel with sales of four million worldwide, had been chosen for the commission because of "her international reputation and values of universalism."

The Olympics have been celebrated in textile form before.

For the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, a team of indigenous weavers worked to produce Achieving A Dream, an artwork which was displayed at the Richmond Speed Skating Oval.

The patchwork quilt at Sochi 2014 was incorporated in the look of the Games and also in uniforms issued to Games staff.

Earlier the 1996 Centennial Olympics in Atlanta had also drawn on the tradition of quilt-making, and quilts were even included in a sequence at the Closing Ceremony.