Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; · leaf 168
andon September 12, 1551, Parliament confirmed theroyal letter establishing a tapestry school for orphansin the Hopital de la Trinite, Rue Saint-Denis. Inthis establishment Henris queen Catherine de Medi-cis was also interested, especially after the Kingsdeath, when she had the celebrated Story of… … 156 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN times. In 1627 the French Royal Collection con-tained 79 of these tapestries in 20 sets, to-day 27in 4 sets. Another Trinite set was the Life of Christwoven for the Church of Saint-Merri by one of theorphan apprentices, Maurice Dubourg. The con-tract bears the date 1584…
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