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                   THE
                 TAPESTRY
                   BOOK


                    BY

          HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE

 AUTHOR OF "DECORATIVE STYLES AND PERIODS"


_WITH FOUR PLATES IN COLOUR AND NINETY-NINE
     ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE_


                 NEW YORK
        FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
                  MCMXII




  [Illustration: HERSE AND MERCURY

    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_

_October, 1912_




                  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


    CHAPTER                                             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
      Flemish Tapestry, second half of Fifteenth Century.
      Boston Museum of Fine Arts

    LA BAILLEE DES ROSES                                            42
      French Tapestry, about 1450. Metropolitan Museum of Art,
      New York

    FIFTEENTH CENTURY MILLEFLEUR WITH ARMS                          43
      Cathedral of Troyes

    THE LADY AND THE UNICORN                                        44
      French Tapestry, Fifteenth Century. Musee de Cluny, Paris

    THE LADY AND THE UNICORN                                        45
      French Tapestry, Fifteenth Century. Musee de Cluny, Paris

    THE SACK OF JERUSALEM (DETAIL)                                  46
      Burgundian Tapestry, about 1450. Metropolitan Museum of
      Art, New York

    SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST, WITH ARMORIAL SHIELDS           48
      Flemish Tapestry, Fifteenth Century. Institute of Art,
      Chicago

    HISTORY OF THE VIRGIN                                           49
      Angers Cathedral

    DAVID AND BATHSHEBA                                             50
      German Tapestry, about 1450

    FLEMISH TAPESTRY. ABOUT 1500                                    51
      Collection of Alfred W. Hoyt, Esq.

    DAVID AND BATHSHEBA                                             52
      Flemish Tapestry, late Fifteenth Century

    HISTORY OF ST. STEPHEN                                          53
      Arras Tapestry, Fifteenth Century

    VERDURE                                                         54
      French Gothic Tapestry

    "ECCE <DW25>"                                                     55
      Brussels Tapestry, about 1520. Metropolitan Museum of
      Art, New York

    ALLEGORICAL SUBJECT                                             56
      Flemish Tapestry, about 1500. Collection of Alfred W.
      Hoyt, Esq.

    CROSSING THE RED SEA                                            57
      Brussels Tapestry, about 1500. Boston Museum of Fine Arts

    THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN                                           58
      Flemish Tapestry, about 1510. Collection of J. Pierpont
      Morgan, Esq., New York

    FLEMISH TAPESTRY, END OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY                      60
      Collection of Martin A. Ryerson, Esq., Chicago. Formerly
      in the Spitzer Collection

    THE HOLY FAMILY                                                 61
      Flemish Tapestry, end of Fifteenth Century. Collection
      of Martin A. Ryerson, Esq., Chicago. Formerly in the
      Spitzer Collection

    CONQUEST OF TUNIS BY CHARLES V (DETAIL)                         62
      Cartoon by Jan Vermeyen. Woven by Pannemaker. Royal
      Collection at Madrid

    DEATH OF ANANIAS.--FROM ACTS OF THE APOSTLES BY RAPHAEL         64
      From the Palace of Madrid

    THE STORY OF REBECCA                                            65
      Brussels Tapestry, Sixteenth Century. Collection of
      Arthur Astor Carey, Esq., Boston

    THE CREATION                                                    66
      Flemish Tapestry. Italian Cartoon, Sixteenth Century

    THE ORIGINAL SIN                                                67
      Flemish Tapestry. Italian Cartoon, Sixteenth Century

    MELEAGER AND ATALANTA                                           68
      Flemish design, second half of Seventeenth Century.
      Woven in Paris workshops by Charles de Comans

    PUNIC WAR SERIES                                                69
      Brussels Tapestry. Sixteenth Century. Collection of
      Arthur Astor Carey, Esq., Boston

    EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF CAESAR                                    70
      Flemish Tapestry. Sixteenth Century. Gallery of the
      Arazzi, Florence

    WILD BOAR HUNT                                                  71
      Flemish Cartoon and Weaving, Sixteenth Century. Gallery
      of the Arazzi, Florence

    VERTUMNUS AND POMONA                                            72
      First half of Sixteenth Century. Royal Collection of
      Madrid

    VERTUMNUS AND POMONA                                            73
      First half of Sixteenth Century. Royal Collection of
      Madrid

    VERTUMNUS AND POMONA                                            74
      First half of Sixteenth Century. Royal Collection of
      Madrid

    VERTUMNUS AND POMONA                                            75
      First half of Sixteenth Century. Royal Collection of
      Madrid

    TAPESTRIES FOR HEAD AND SIDE OF BED                             76
      Renaissance designs. Royal Collection of Madrid

    THE STORY OF REBECCA                                            77
      Brussels Tapestry. Sixteenth Century. Collection of
      Arthur Astor Carey, Esq., Boston

    BRUSSELS TAPESTRY. LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY                       78
      Weaver, Jacques Geubels. Institute of Art, Chicago

    MEETING OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA                                 79
      Brussels Tapestry. Woven by Gerard van den Strecken.
      Cartoon attributed to Rubens

    THE ANNUNCIATION (_Coloured Plate_)                             82
      Italian Tapestry. Fifteenth Century. Collection of
      Martin A