History of the Chinese Emperor II French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H These fragments were painted thousands

These fragments were painted thousands of years ago

A lovely still life wall tapestry featuring a fruit medley

was taken from the Spaniards by the French during the reign of King Louis XIV

After a set of large tapestries drawn by William Morris and Edward Burne- Jones and then woven in the workshops of Morris and Company (1890-1895)

One of the Renaissance masterpieces

History of the Chinese Emperor II French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H These fragments were painted thousandsThe 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.