A short history of tapestry. From the earliest times to the end of the 18th century (1885)
Müntz, Eugène, 1845-1902, Davis, Louisa J · London, New York [etc.] : Cassell & Company, Limited · leaf 177
157 THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY However worthy of consideration the tapestries produced in the fifteenth century on the other side of the Alps may have been, there are but few Italian hangings of that period yet existing. One of these, the " Presentation of the Head of Pompey to Caesar," now "belonging… … FlG. 3I. — BORDER OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE HEAD OF POMPEY TO C^SAR. beauty of the figures, which call to mind the most perfect types of the Milanese School ; and, above all, for its superb border in cameo, the oldest of the stoned borders which have reached us. It will be observed that the…
Tapestry
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