, and purchased in France, asthe diary of Mrs. Morses father shows, at theLouis Philippe sale in January, 1852, for 1,900francs. The tapestries being 12 feet high, with acombined width of 54 feet, it is easy to see thatthe price was trivial. The tapestries are worthfifty times that now. For the… … STORY OF ST. JOSEPH had a later band inserted at the bottom, evidentlyto make them fit some higher wall. All containconsiderable gold thread. The late W. BayardCutting had three tapestries from cartoons almostthe same, but without the additional band. Two out of a set of four Renaissance…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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