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TAPESTRY

Plate VI.

Fig. 19.—Brussels tapestry (about 6 ft. high), late 15th century, with a shield bearing three crowns, red and white roses, and the monogram I.H.S. repeated three times. From Winchester College.

Fig. 21.—German tapestry hanging (about 4 ft. 6 in. long by 3 ft. high) for a sideboard or buffet, middle of the 15th century. In the museum at Basel.

Fig. 20.—Tapestry hanging (about 10 ft. high) possibly of Fontainebleau manufacture about 1540. Fêtes in honour of Henri II. and Catherine de Medicis.

Fig. 22.—Tapestry hanging (about 10 ft. high) made at the Medici factory in Florence, 1639. Domestic scene, l’Inverno, winter.