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Woven circa 1520 by Pieter van Aeist, a Flemish master weaver in Brussels, most likely for the French market where mille fleurs designs were popular.
Portiere Licorne is an extract of the famous Dame a la Licorne, or Lady and the Unicorn, tapestry set at the Cluny museum. This tapestry depicts the unicorn on a red and millefleur background.
Based on an 18th century tapestry held in a private collection, this scene's luxuriant vegetation and fresh coloring will add vibrancy to any home's decor!
This tapestry tells the story of collecting grapes then pressing them to make wine. The original tapestry was woven in Tournai in the 15th century. This is a remarkable representation of the grape gathering and the wine press on a 'Mille Fleurs' background. The original is exposed at the Cluny Museum in Paris, France.
This wall tapestry is inspired from the Tentures des Maisons Royales, a set of 12 tapestries woven at the Gobelins Factory in Paris towards the end of the 17th century for King Louis XIV of France. Each of the original 12 tapestries depicted a different castle at each month of the year. Here is a typical 17th century castle in an August landscape. This tapestry is brand new.
Woven circa 1520 by Pieter van Aeist, a Flemish master weaver in Brussels, most likely for the French market where mille fleurs designs were popular.
A Castle built for a King of France in 1510 with 440 rooms and 365 fireplaces. One of the Renaissance masterpieces.
A Castle built for a King of France in 1510 with 440 rooms and 365 fireplaces. One of the Renaissance masterpieces. The royal Chateau de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, is one of the most recognizable Chateau in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. The building, which was never completed, was constructed by King Francis I of France. Chambord is the largest...
After a set of large tapestries drawn by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones and then woven in the workshops of Morris and Company (1890-1895). Considered as a major piece of the decorative art of the Victorian time, those tapestries depict the Quest for the Holy Grail. The Knights of the Round Table make their farewells to the ladies of Camelot. This is an antique tapestry reproduction. It is a brand new tapestry, woven in France!
Scene shows a beautiful view of the lake along with a backdrop of the mountains with swans in the lake.
Jean de France, Duke of Berry is famously known for his richly illuminated Book of Hours. For this, he chose very skilled artists to illustrate and miniaturize daily labour work during the four seasons, with nice landscapes and beautiful castles, and always showing the Duke himself favourably in large scale. This tapestry represents May, the month traditionally considered as the month of love.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. His winter landscapes of 1565 are taken as corroborative evidence of the severity of winters during the Little Ice Age.
This is a tapestry reproduction of an original piece from the late 16th century. The Renaissance radically changed the art of tapestry. To the austerity of the Middle Ages succeeded the Italian influence with its sense of composition, decoration and perspective. Accompanied by his helpers, a lord returns to his distant castle after a hunt. A rich border of fruit, flowers and birds frames this scene.
Portiere du Licorne Belgian tapestry is one of many in the Lady and the Unicorn series. This tapestry is a detail of one of the tapestry series: The Lady and the Unicorn These six tapestries were woven in Flanders from designs drawn in Paris in the late fifteenth century, and often considered one of the greatest works of art of the Middle Ages in Europe, now in the Cluny Museum in Paris.
This Belgian tapestry is one of the six tapestries in the Lady and the Unicorn series. This tapestry represents the sense of hearing. The lady plays a positive organ on top of a table covered with a Turkish rug. Her maidservant stands to the opposite side, and holds the organ in place. The lion and unicorn once again frame the scene holding up the pennants, but in this scene, their positions are reversed so that they are inside the frame, and each is on the opposite the side of the lady that...
After a set of large tapestries drawn by William Morris and Edward Burne- Jones and then woven in the workshops of Morris and Company (1890-1895). Considered as a major piece of the decorative art of the Victorian time, those tapestries depict the Quest for the Holy Grail. The Knights of the Round Table make their farewells to the ladies of Camelot.
After a set of large tapestries drawn by William Morris and Edward Burne- Jones and then woven in the workshops of Morris and Company (1890-1895). Considered as a major piece of the decorative art of the Victorian time, those tapestries depict the Quest for the Holy Grail. The Knights of the Round Table make their farewells to the ladies of Camelot.
Lady and the Mirror Belgian tapestry is one of the six tapestries in the Lady and the Unicorn series. This tapestry represents the sense of sight. The lady is seated, holding a mirror up in her right hand. The unicorn kneels on the ground, with his front legs in the lady's lap, from which he gazes at his reflection in the mirror. The lion on the left holds up a pennant.
Unicorn Hunt Belgian tapestry is the first of seven in the tapestries of the unicorn series. This tapestry depicts the noble man's hunt for the unicorn.
A scene depicting hunters and animals watching the unicorn cleanse the water fountain with its horns.
This Belgian tapestry is a replica of one of the six tapestries in the Lady and the Unicorn series. This tapestry represents the sense of hearing. The lady plays a positive organ on top of a table covered with a Turkish rug. Her maidservant stands to the opposite side, and holds the organ in place. The lion and unicorn once again frame the scene holding up the pennants, but in this scene, their positions are reversed so that they are inside the frame, and each is on the opposite the side of...
This is an Italian jacquard woven wall tapestry. This tapestry is a rendering of one of a series painted by Francois Boucher (1703-1770), and shows women washing clothes by a lake, a typical pastoral activity that was popular in the Rococo era. Boucher was a French painter in the Rococo style, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and decorative artist of the 18th century. He...
This is an Italian jacquard woven wall tapestry. The artwork comes from an 18th century painting by Francesco Guardi detailing merchants waiting for arrival of the ship at port. The city of Venice originated as a collection of lagoon communities banded together for mutual defense from the Lombards, Huns, and other invading peoples as the power of the Western Roman Empire dwindled in northern Italy. This tapestry gives us a historical view of the harbor of the ancient city.
This tapestry depicts one of twelve hunting scenes in the Maximillian series woven in the late 16th century for the Archduke Maximillian who was later to become Emperor. The central horseman is the Emperor Charles V.
Portiere du Lion Belgian tapestry is one of many in the "Lady and the Unicorn" series. This tapestry is a detail of one of the tapestry series: The Lady and the Unicorn (French: La Dame ÔøΩÔøΩ_ÔøΩÔøΩ__ÔøΩÔøΩ_ÔøΩÔøΩ___ÔøΩÔøΩ_ÔøΩÔøΩ__ÔøΩÔøΩ_ÔøΩÔøΩ____ÔøΩÔøΩ_ÔøΩÔøΩ__ÔøΩÔøΩ_ÔøΩÔøΩ___ÔøΩÔøΩ_ÔøΩÔøΩ__ÔøΩÔøΩ_ÔøΩÔøΩ_____ la licorne). These six tapestries were woven in Flanders from designs ("cartoons") drawn...
This image is taken from inside the Museum of Art in Italy. Add a unique touch to your space with this European woven wall tapestry!
Replica of an original tapestry woven in Flanders in the 15th century, depicting the processing of wine.
Map Mercator Belgian tapestry is rich with history. The original was made in 1630 by Henricus Hondius (1596 - 1651), in five languages (Dutch, English, German, French and Latin). The four individuals depicted in the map are Julius Caesar (top left), Claudius Ptolemy (top right), Gerard Mercator (bottom left) and Jodocus Hondius (his father, bottom right). The four scenes outside the globes represent the four elements (Ignis, Aer, Agua and Terra). Fire, Air, Water and Earth.
Lady and the Unicorn Belgian tapestry is one of many in the "Lady and the Unicorn" (La Dame A La Licorne) series. The lady stands in front of a tent, across the top which reads A Mon Seul Desir (To my only desire). Her maidservant stands to the right, holding open a chest. The lady is placing the necklace she wears in the other tapestries into the chest. To her left is a low bench with bags of coins on it. The unicorn and the lion stand in their normal spots framing the lady while holding onto...
This Vieux Brussels Belgian tapestry depicts one of twelve hunting scenes in the Maximillian series woven in the late 16th century for the Archduke Maximillian who was later to become Emperor. The central horseman is the Emperor Charles V. This is a brand new tapestry reproduction.
This tapestry represents a medieval scene called Le Gouter, or The Feast. The original was woven in the 16th century and it depicts a medieval picnic. The scene is completed with a border of grapes and vine on a red background. This is a brand new reproduction.
Unicorn Hunt Belgian tapestry is the first of seven in the "tapestries of the unicorn" series. This tapestry depicts the noble man's hunt for the unicorn.
Les Patineurs, or The Skaters, represents a variety of ice skaters in a winter scene. The original design comes from the set of tapestries called Mois de Lucas, woven in Flanders at the beginning of the 16th century and repeated at the Gobelins until the 18th century.
From a set of tapestries called the Royal Residences made at the Gobelins for King Louis XIV towards the end of 17th century. This jacquard woven tapestry depicts a castle surrounded by green foliage contrasted by a foreground of a columned terrace with a red drape, pillowed pitcher, violin, and fruit.
Touch, Lady and the Unicorn Belgian tapestry is one of the six tapestries in the Lady and the Unicorn series. This tapestry represents the sense of touch. The lady stands with one hand touching the unicorn's horn, and the other holding up the pennant. The lion sits to the side and looks on.
From an original goblin tapestry in a private collection. The design is typical of the famous Verdure scenes from the Oudenaarde region of East Flanders.
A tapestry reproduction of the famous Unicorn tapestry series from the Middle Ages. Here we have a very wide wall tapestry, woven with very high quality. Bath and Reading in the Garden Belgian tapestry combines two separate scenes and depicts a time during the life of the noble ones. The noble man reads while the lady sits spinning. Lady in the Bath Belgian tapestry is based in the time period of Louis XII and depicts a noble lady bathing while her servants and ladies await.
This Belgian tapestry depicts one of twelve hunting scenes in the Maximillian series woven in the late 16th century for the Archduke Maximillian who was later to become Emperor. The central horseman is the Emperor Charles V.
A jacquard tapestry which is part of the set, Chasse a la Licorne, or The Hunt of the Unicorn. The unicorn (representing purity) is attached by a golden chain to a pomegranate tree (fertility). Also known as Captive Unicorn.
This Belgian tapestry depicts life in the 15th century. The original tapestry is woven in Tournai in the 15th century. This is a remarkable representation of the grape gathering and the wine press on a 'Mille Fleurs' background. The original is exposed at the Cluny Museum in Paris.
This is an Italian jacquard wall tapestry. This classical verdure scene displays a stunning view swans on the lake amid a verdant forest with a backdrop of the mountains and ancient ruins in the distance.
From a set of ten tapestries called The History of the Chinese Emperor commissioned by Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, son of King Louis XIV, to the Beauvais Manufacture. At the end of the 17th century, the Jesuite missionaries were returning from China with tales and knowledge that were to influence the royal courts of Europe. These tapestries, very exotic for the time, were initially made for the Rambouillet castle. Order your own brand new woven reproduction!