Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; · leaf 392
tion be-cause of their beauty and also because of their im-portance as examples of historic decorative art. They illustrate a homage that, until about the endof the XVI century, the peers of France owed to theFrench Parliament. The homage consisted in thegiving of roses. On the appointed day the… … 376 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN Then he visited each chamber, having borne beforehim a great silver basin filled with bouquets of roses,pinks, and other flowers, natural or made of silk,one for each official. The custom existed not onlyat the Parliament of Paris, but also at other Parlia-ments of the…
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