EUROPEAN TAPESTRIES 15th - 20th CENTURY.

Author: Woldbye, Vibeke
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 133
Illustrations: 65 Color Illustrations. 2 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 7”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8790786920
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 6414

Price: $95.00

This catalogue presents a representative and interesting section of the history of European tapestries, ranging from the great unique medieval tapestry from the Southern Netherlands to the outstanding collection of French tapestries from the last half of the 20th century woven after cartoons by among others Henri Matisse and Fernan Leger. Chapters include: Netherlands15th - 16th Century, Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance; Flanders 17th - 18th Century, Brussels, Peter Paul Rubens; Northern Netherlands 17th Century, Holland, Table Carpets; France 17th - 18th Century, Paris, Les Gobelins, Beauvais; Northern Europe 19th - 20th Century, Germany, Scherrebek/Skærbæk; Sweden, Carl Larsson; Norway, Gerhard Munthe; France, The odern Breakthrough, Les Gobelins, Beauvais, Aubusson. Includes a chapter on Technique.