European Post-medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author | : Edith Appleton Standen |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Tapestry |
ISBN | : 0870994069 |
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Tapestry making flourished in the major centers of western Europe from the fourteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Thousands of tapestries were woven as special commissions for church, crown, and nobility. This publication is a comprehensive catalogue of the Museum's collection of tapestries and allied works made after the Middle Ages.-- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.