History of the Chinese Emperor II French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H An amazing old world French

An amazing old world French medieval style tapestry

the city of Lille

This map of the world was created by the Flemish map engraver Jan Baptist Vrients in 1596

A unique design of meandering vines and flowers in a deeply rich color way

History of the Chinese Emperor II French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H An amazing old world FrenchThe 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.