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Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)

Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 178

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es Lebrun, who had general charge ofthe decorations of Foucquets chateau. Two ofthe most beautiful sets ever composed were byLebrun for Vaux, the Story of Constantine, and theHunts of Meleager and Atalanta, the weaving ofwhich began at Maincy but was finished at theGobelins. Other pieces composed… … GOMBAUT AND MACE PLATE no. 161. Scene from the Story of Gombaut and Mace\ an Early XVII century tapestry signed with theBrussels mark. Peasant scenes like those pictured in the Wood Cutters at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, and SheepShearing at the Brussels Museum, were popular in tapestry from the…

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