Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
ARRAS
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
ARRAS. From the French city, the capital of the ci-devant province of Artois, once famous for its manufacture of tapestry, and the source of the " arras hangings," with which the chambers of our ancestors were erewhilc adorned.