The Tapestry Book

Renaissance Brussels Tapestry, Italian Cartoon. W. de Pannemaker, weaver. Collection of George Blumenthal, Esq., New York Copyright, 1912, by Frederick A. Stokes Company ——— All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian TO TWO CERTAIN BYZANTINE MADONNAS AND THEIR OWNERS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT Modesty so dominates the staff in art museums that I am requested not to make mention of those officers who have helped me with friendly courtesy and efficiency. To the officers and assistants at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Print Department in the Library of Congress in Washington, indebtedness is here publicly acknowledged with the regret that I may not speak of individuals. Photographs of tapestries are credited to Messrs. A. Giraudon, Paris; J. Laurent, Madrid; Alinari, Florence; Wm. Baumgarten, and Albert Herter, New York, and to those private collectors whose names are mentioned on the plates. H. C. C. CONTENTS PAGE I A Foreword 1 II Antiquity 15 III Modern Awakening 25 IV France and Flanders, 15th Century 32 V High Gothic 51 VI Renaissance Influence 64 VII Renaissance to Rubens 72 VIII Italy, 15th through 17th Centuries 81 IX France 90 X The Gobelins Factory 105 XI The Gobelins Factory ( Continued ) 117 XII The Gobelins Factory ( Continued ) 126 XIII The Gobelins Factory ( Continued ) 135 XIV Beauvais 145 XV Aubusson 154 XVI Savonnerie 159 XVII Mortlake 163 XVIII Identifications 172 XIX Identifications ( Continued ) 186 XX Borders 201 XXI Tapestry Marks 216 XXII How It Is Made 226 XXIII The Bayeux Tapestry 241 XXIV To-day 249 Best Periods and Their Dates 265 Index 267 ILLUSTRATIONS HERSE AND MERCURY ( Coloured Plate ) Frontispiece Renaissance Brussels Tapestry, Italian Cartoon. W. de Pannemaker, weaver. Collection of George Blumenthal, Esq., New York FACING PAGE CHINESE TAPESTRY 14 Chien Lung Period COPTIC TAPESTRY 15 About 300 A. D. COPTIC TAPESTRY 16 Boston Museum of Fine Arts COPTIC TAPESTRY 17 Boston Museum of Fine Arts TAPESTRY FOUND IN GRAVES IN PERU 18 Date prior to Sixteenth Century THE SACRAMENTS ( Coloured Plate ) 34 Arras Tapestry, about 1430. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York THE SACRAMENTS 38 Arras Tapestry, about 1430 THE SACRAMENTS 39 Arras Tapestry, about 1430 FIFTEENTH CENTURY, FRENCH TAPESTRY 40 Boston Museum of Fine Arts THE LIFE OF CHRIST 41…