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Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)

Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; · leaf 66

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t of Anjou,wife of Henry VI of England. The description of one of the tapestries I takefrom Thomson who illustrates two of them in colour.In it, the horizon is very high, with sea and ships inthe distance. One of the ships has a curious yellowflag bearing a red cross. From the sea comes a… … 58 TAPESTRIES—THEIR ORIGIN occupy actually no more space than one of the per-sonages beside it. In the foreground the riverbranches to right and left. On the left a richlyattired gentleman drives a spear into an otter. Fa-cing this gentleman another, who with his trumpetsounds mort for the otter…

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