Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; · leaf 422
Mbeauvais. D M stand for De Menou, who wasdirector of the tapestry works at Beauvais from1780 to 1793. The colouring is not particularlygood and there are about 18 ribs to the inch. Thistapestry illustrates the degradation that the art oftapestry design and weaving had suffered in threecenturies,… … a o W w i ft > H aj <u w n i 5 S .2 » 406 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN of the centuries before the XVII as they are superiorto most of the product of centuries after. Thesignatures of the weavers, leefdael or streckenand the double B with shield of Brussels can beclearly seen in the bottom selvage…
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