Produced by Eileen Gormly, Alicia Williams (who did the scanning, image prep, and OCR), Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE TAPESTRY BOOK BY HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE AUTHOR OF "DECORATIVE STYLES AND PERIODS" _WITH FOUR PLATES IN COLOUR AND NINETY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE_ NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY MCMXII [Illustration: HERSE AND MERCURY Renaissance Brussels Tapestry, Italian Cartoon. W. de Pannemaker, weaver. Collection of George Blumenthal, Esq., New York] _Copyright, 1912, by_ FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian_ _October, 1912_ TO TWO CERTAIN BYZANTINE MADONNAS AND THEIR OWNERS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT Modesty so dominates the staff in art museums that I am requested not to make mention of those officers who have helped me with friendly courtesy and efficiency. To the officers and assistants at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Print Department in the Library of Congress in Washington, indebtedness is here publicly acknowledged with the regret that I may not speak of individuals. Photographs of tapestries are credited to Messrs. A. Giraudon, Paris; J. Laurent, Madrid; Alinari, Florence; Wm. Baumgarten, and Albert Herter, New York, and to those private collectors whose names are mentioned on the plates. H. C. C. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I A FOREWORD 1 II ANTIQUITY 15 III MODERN AWAKENING 25 IV FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 15TH CENTURY 32 V HIGH GOTHIC 51 VI RENAISSANCE INFLUENCE 64 VII RENAISSANCE TO RUBENS 72 VIII ITALY, 15TH THROUGH 17TH CENTURIES 81 IX FRANCE 90 X THE GOBELINS FACTORY 105 XI THE GOBELINS FACTORY (_Continued_) 117 XII THE GOBELINS FACTORY (_Continued_) 126 XIII THE GOBELINS FACTORY (_Continued_) 135 XIV BEAUVAIS 145 XV AUBUSSON 154 XVI SAVONNERIE 159 XVII MORTLAKE 163 XVIII IDENTIFICATIONS 172 XIX IDENTIFICATIONS (_Continued_) 186