TAPESTRY WALL-HANGINGS - RENAISSANCE
Through the centuries, styles changed. The Renaissance brought new impetus to tapestry design during the 15th to 17th centuries, with vibrant colours and wide, richly-decorated borders. In this period new styles were developed, including the use of perspective or the illusion of distance in the designs. Hunting scenes were very popular in the 16th century. The nobility often commissioned sets of hangings to be woven with themes such as the Seasons or the Months of the Year.
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 CHATEAU BELLEVUE Inspired by the series of tapestries of the Royal Palaces of Francea, which were woven at the end of the 17th Century. These designs combined refined landscapes with architectural ornamentation and fruit and floral decorations. 107 x 150 cm £400; 148 x 198 £700 |
 CHATEAU DE CHAMBORD One of the series "Les Maisons Royales", woven late 17th Century, this scene features the elaborate Renaissance Chateau at Chambord in the Loire Valley. 85 x 113 cm £225; 105 x 145 £400; 146 x 192 £700 |
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 CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES (Silk screened tapestry) From a series of tapestries depicting the French Royal Palaces, and representing the twelve months of the year. This view of the ancient Palace of Versailles represents the month of April, and was woven at the end of the 17th century at the Royal Gobelins Manufactury in Paris. Museum of Pau, southern France. 173 x 147 cm £975; 260 x 220 £2125 |
 MEDIEVAL BRUSSELS Woven around 1530 at the Brussels workshops, this tapestry represents the month of March. The scene depicts the old City of Brussels, and the surrounding Soignes Forest. 62 x 128 cm £288; 125 x 254 £925; 244 x 475 £3895 |
 CHATEAU BELLEVUE PANORAMIQUE Inspired by the series of tapestries of the Royal Palaces of France, which were woven at the end of the 17th century. These designs combined refined landscapes with architectural ornamentation and fruit and floral decorations. 150 x 274 cm £950. |
 RETOUR DE CHASSE Taken from a tapestry woven in the Brussels Ateliers during the 16th century. A nobleman, accompanied by his beaters and dogs, returns to the castle. 92 x 140 cm £875; 130 x 185 cm £1295, 178 x 280 cm £1995 |
 ROYAL ARMS OF ENGLAND An armorial tapestry woven c. 1539 for the Royal Court of England. Burrell Collection, Glasgow. 71 x 94 cm £240; 132 x 145 £750 |
 ARMS OF NAGERA Woven c. 1550 in Bruges, this tapestry represents the Coat of Arms of a noble family. 104 x 71 cm £259; 150 x 130 £795 |
.jpg) VERDURE A FOND DES FLEURS (silk screened tapestry) A 16th Century tapestry from Flanders, with a central motif of a mounted Knight in armour within a wreath of bay leaves signifying his victories. This style of 'fond des fleurs' (flowered backgrounds) was inspired by the 'mille-fleur' tapestries of the 15th century. 147 x 265 cm £1295 |
 HUNT OF MAXIMILIAN 'JULY' (silk screened tapestry) One of a series illustrating the Royal Hunt in each month of the year, originally woven in the late 17th century. 220 x 275 cm £1895 |
 HUNT OF MAXIMILIAN 'SEPTEMBER' (silk screened tapestry) Another from the series illustrating the Royal Hunt in each month of the year. £220 x 275 cm £1895
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.jpg) LE CANAL DE BRUGES (silk screened tapestry) Woven to commemorate an important event in 1667, when the King's troops defeated the Spanish army near the Bruges Canal. 127 x 180 cm £895; £178 x 261 £1750 |
 THE ICE-SKATERS Woven at the Royal Gobelins Manufactory in Paris at the end of the 17th century, this tapestry represents the Month of December depicted by ice-skating on a frozen lake. Now at the Chateau de Pau, southern France. 108 x 152 cm £460; 152 x 193 £830 |
 ARMS OF VAUX-LE-VICOMTE An armorial tapestry inspired from a panel at the Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, France. c. 1660. 165 x 95 cm £280; 235 x 120 £550 |
 PALACE OF VERSAILLES The Palace of Versailles, built in the 17th century, was the principal residence of the Kings of France, and the seat of government for over 100 years. 86 x 68 cm £195; 117 x 100 £425; 158 x 134 £795 |
 BATTLE OF BLENHEIM (Hand-woven tapestry) Originally woven in Brussels, c. 1720, to commemorate the Battle of Blenheim in 1704, when the British won a decisive victory over the French in Bavaria. 203 x 260 cm £3250 |
 HUNTING IN THE FOREST (Hand-woven tapestry) From the series of tapestries designed to commemorate Emperor Maximilian's hunting activities. These were woven at workshops in Brussels, c. 1530. 124 x 168 cm £1900; 160 x 198 cm £2900; 185 x 229 cm £3850 |