Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 282
e, for real arras—painted or stained,instead of woven. It occurs frequently in inventoriesside by side with the real arras. Probably most ofthe counterfeit arras in the early days was grandspatrons, pulled from the seclusion of the weaving-room to decorate the walls of rooms and houses thatcould… … THE NATIVITY OF THE VIRGIN PLATE no. 261. The Nativity of the Virgin. Gothic-Renaissance tapestry in the Cathedral of Reims,5.10 metres by 4.80. One of a set of 17 illustrating the Story of the Virgin, presented to the Cathedral in1530 by the Archbishop Robert de Lenoncourt whose coat of arms…
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