Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 164
9, when John Vanderbank becamemanager (yeoman arras-maker), of the Kings GreatWardrobe, Great Queen Street in Soho seems tohave become the centre of tapestry production.So famous was he by 1718 that the Tatler says thatno person ever represented Nature more happilyin works of Tapestry. At Glenham… … B U a j= 01 O to ~& « |x B ^ <* M 0) w aw Bfl a fi M H a < 1) _ o. c ■t XI «- 148 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN bank, resemble those of contemporary lacquer workfrom which they were probably adapted. Vander-bank also wove the Elements, after Lebrun, forseveral patrons. Three pieces bearing the…
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