Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 298
The old unit of tapestry measurement was theaune (ell). The French aune was 46^ inches long,the Flemish ell 27 inches. The Flemish ell was usednot only in the Netherlands and England, but oftenby Flemish weavers in measuring up their work atBeauvais and other French factories. In changingfrom… … a«(a* 278 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN the Flemish square ell 16 batons, which was thesquare unit common to both systems. The unitsnow in use are the English foot of 12 inches, and theFrench metre of 39.37 inches. For purposes of quickcomparison multiply the number of metres by 3Kto get feet, or by i7„…
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