Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; · leaf 24
ucky purchaser for $65 apiece. Six Flemishverdure hunting scenes, also of the XVI century,3 metres by 22.95, f°r $27 apiece. The situation improved little during the nextfifteen years. In 1867 the South Kensington Mu-seum paid only $50 for a Gothic tapestry 1 foot 2 by8 feet 9^. In 1859 only $125… … 20 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN ment in tapestry values. In that year the samemuseum paid $950 for Susannah and the Elders, asplendid Gothic tapestry 13 feet by 10 feet 10. In1883 $5,000 for the Triumph of Fame, a Gothictapestry 10 feet by 26. At the De Somzee sale in Brussels in 1901, Rolandat…
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