Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; · leaf 196
mall withwide damasse mats between inner and outer wovenmouldings. The frames were by Jacques and Tessier. During the XVIII century the Gobelin contractorsexecuted many portraits in tapestry, for individuals,that did not appear on the official books. Thefirst portrait that appears on the accounts… … 184 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN The portrait contained 192 batons (48 batons is asquare French ell, 16 a Flemish ell), and took 45weeks to make—11 weeks for the sleeves and thehead containing 9 batons, 34 weeks for the remaining183 batons, which is a little less than 2^ batons perweek for each of the…
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