treasure of tapestriesor else enjoy themthrough reproduc-tions of such char-acteristic examplesas are illustrated inthese pages. In point of timeand in variety ofschools, the six tap-estries shown withthis brief accountillustrate fairly wellthe vast range andwealth of the Hof-burg treasure. Old-est… … Death of Adonis was probably woven in Fon-tainebleau for Francis I; it is richly interwovenwith gold and silver threads, its ornamentalTf,- ■ ,1 u , r ,l , , ■ design being ibis is tbe oldest oj tbe tapestries inthe collection, being woven about thebeginning of the Sixteenth Century,probably in…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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