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 BAILLÉE 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. Musée de Cluny, Paris
THE LADY AND THE UNICORN[45]
French Tapestry, Fifteenth Century. Musée 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 HOMO”[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 CÆSAR[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. Ryerson, Esq., Chicago
ITALIAN TAPESTRY, MIDDLE OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY[84]
Cartoon by Bacchiacca. Woven by Nicholas Karcher
ITALIAN TAPESTRY. MIDDLE OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY[85]
Cartoon by Bacchiacca. Woven by G. Rost
ITALIAN VERDURE. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY[86]
THE FINDING OF MOSES[90]
Gobelins, Seventeenth Century. Cartoon after Poussin. The Louvre Museum
TRIUMPH OF JUNO[91]
Gobelins under Louis XIV
TRIUMPH OF THE GODS (DETAIL)[94]
Gobelins, Seventeenth Century
TRIUMPH OF THE GODS (DETAIL)[95]
Gobelins Tapestry
GOBELINS BORDER (DETAIL) SEVENTEENTH CENTURY[98]
CHILDREN GARDENING[99]
After Charles Lebrun. Gobelins, Seventeenth Century. Château Henri Quatre, Pau
CHILDREN GARDENING[102]
After Charles Lebrun. Gobelins, Seventeenth Century. Château Henri Quatre, Pau
GOBELINS GROTESQUE[103]
Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
GOBELINS TAPESTRY, AFTER LEBRUN, EPOCH LOUIS XIV[104]
Collection of Wm. Baumgarten, Esq., New York
THE VILLAGE FÊTE[105]
Gobelins Tapestry after Teniers
DESIGN BY RUBENS[110]
DESIGN BY RUBENS[111]
DESIGN BY RUBENS[112]
GOBELINS TAPESTRY. DESIGN BY RUBENS[113]
Royal Collection, Madrid
LOUIS XIV VISITING THE GOBELINS FACTORY[114]
Gobelins Tapestry, Epoch Louis XIV
GOBELINS TAPESTRY. TIME OF LOUIS XV[126]
HUNTS OF LOUIS XV[130]
Gobelins, G. Audran after Cartoon by Oudry
ESTHER AND AHASUERUS SERIES[131]
Gobelins, about 1730. Cartoon by J. F. de Troy; G. Audran, weaver
CUPID AND PSYCHE[132]
Gobelins Tapestry. Eighteenth Century. Design by Coypel
PORTRAIT OF CATHERINE OF RUSSIA[133]
Gobelins under Louis XVI.
CHAIR OF TAPESTRY. STYLE OF LOUIS XV[136]
GOBELINS TAPESTRY (DETAIL) CRAMOISÉE. STYLE LOUIS XV[137]
HENRI IV BEFORE PARIS[146]
Beauvais Tapestry, Seventeenth Century. Design by Vincent
HENRI IV AND GABRIELLE D’ESTRÉES[147]
Design by Vincent
BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY[148]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY. TIME OF LOUIS XVI[149]
Collection of Wm. Baumgarten, Esq., New York
BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY. TIME OF LOUIS XIV[150]
BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY[152]
CHAIR COVERING[153]
Beauvais Tapestry. First Empire
SAVONNERIE. PORTRAIT SUPPOSABLY OF LOUIS XV[162]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
VULCAN AND VENUS SERIES. MORTLAKE[163]
Collection of Philip Hiss, Esq., New York
VULCAN AND VENUS SERIES. MORTLAKE[168]
Collection of Philip Hiss, Esq., New York
VULCAN AND VENUS SERIES. MORTLAKE[169]
Collection of Philip Hiss, Esq., New York
THE EXPULSION OF VULCAN FROM OLYMPUS (Coloured Plate)[170]
WEAVER AT WORK ON LOW LOOM. HERTER STUDIO[228]
SEWING AND REPAIR DEPARTMENT. BAUMGARTEN ATELIERS[229]
BAUMGARTEN TAPESTRY. LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY[230]
BAUMGARTEN TAPESTRY. MODERN CARTOON[231]
BAUMGARTEN TAPESTRY. MODERN CARTOON[234]
BAYEUX TAPESTRY. (DETAIL) 1066[242]
BAYEUX TAPESTRY. (DETAIL) 1066[243]
BAYEUX TAPESTRY. (DETAIL) 1066[244]
MODERN AMERICAN TAPESTRY, LOUIS XV INSPIRATION[250]
MODERN AMERICAN TAPESTRY FROM FRENCH INSPIRATION[251]
GOBELINS TAPESTRY. LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY[252]
Luxembourg, Paris
GOBELINS TAPESTRY. LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY[253]
Pantheon, Paris
THE ADORATION[256]
Merton Abbey Tapestry. Figures by Burne-Jones
DAVID INSTRUCTING SOLOMON IN THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE[257]
Merton Abbey Tapestry. Burne-Jones, Artist
TRUTH BLINDFOLDED[258]
Merton Abbey Tapestry. Byram Shaw, Artist
THE PASSING OF VENUS[260]
Merton Abbey Tapestry. Cartoon by Burne-Jones
ANGELI LAUDANTES[261]
Merton Abbey Tapestry
AMERICAN (BAUMGARTEN) TAPESTRY COPIED FROM THE GOTHIC[262]
DRYADS AND FAUNS[263]
From Herter Looms, New York, 1910