History of the Chinese Emperor II French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H One of the Renaissance masterpieces

One of the Renaissance masterpieces

He was born in Amsterdam and was known as one of the most prominent Dutch flower painters

this contemporary arbor tapestry will steal the show

A horizontal abstract featuring zones of neutrals

this cooling and intricate abstract piece is bursting with personality

History of the Chinese Emperor II French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H One of the Renaissance masterpiecesThe harvesting of pineapples. From a set of ten tapestries called The History of the Chinese Emperor commissioned by Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, son of King Louis XIV, to the Beauvais Manufacture. At the end of the 17th century, the Jesuite missionaries were returning from China with tales and knowledge that were to influence the royal courts of Europe. These tapestries, very exotic for the time, were initially made for the Rambouillet castle.