Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers (1918)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company; Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company · leaf 321
ek and Roman history, and to Renaissance designs. Insteadof the Story of the King we have the Story of Moses, in tenpieces, eight after Poussin and two after Lebrun. Already Rajihaelsfamous Acts of the Apostles tapestries designed by Pope Leo Xhad been copied at the Gol)elins. Now, the weavers… … o o » -■^-t GOBELINS, BEAUVAIS, MORTLAKE TAPESTRIES When Lebrun died in lOOO, he was succeeded by Pierre Mignard,who had aheady undermined his power. The only important tapestriesby Milliard are the set of six copied from his paintings in tlie Galleryof Saint Cloud: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…
