Heralding Trumpeters French Wall Tapestry Woven in Italy with a half moon shape

with a half moon shape

in the last year before his death in 1890

Here we have a woven rendition of an original painting by Gustav Glimt

A unique design of meandering vines and flowers in a deeply rich color way

eldest daughter of James I of Scotland kisses the poet Alain Chartier's lips for the beautiful things they had said - "la praecieuse bouche de laquelle sont issus et sortis tant de bons mots et vertueses sentences

Heralding Trumpeters French Wall Tapestry Woven in Italy with a half moon shapeOne of a set of tapestries called Artemisia, queen of antiquity, woven for Marie de Medicis in Paris in the early XVII century and now part of the Mobilier National. The Heralds, or messengers, tell the people the Artemisia has decided to call the assembly.