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Alexander and the Family of Darius from a set of The Story of Alexander
Charles Le Brun
Wool, silk (17-18 warps per inch, 8 per cm.) · 1695
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Battle of Arbela from a set of The Story of Alexander
Charles Le Brun
Wool, silk (17-18 warps per inch, 8 per cm.) · 1695
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Toilette of the Princess from a set of Tapestries "After the Indian Manner"
John Vanderbank
Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.) · 1690
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Concert from a set of Tapestries "After the Indian Manner"
John Vanderbank
Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.) · 1690
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Concert from a set of Tapestries "After the Indian Manner"
John Vanderbank, British
Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.) · 1690
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Toilette of the Princess from a set of Tapestries "After the Indian Manner"
John Vanderbank, British
Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.) · 1690
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series
JEAN
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1688
Art Institute of Chicago
The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series
Jean Baptiste Monnoyer
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1688
Art Institute of Chicago
Violin and Lute Players from a set of five Grotesques
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, French
Wool, silk (21-27 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1683
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Elephant from a set of five Grotesques
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, French
Wool, silk (21-27 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1683
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a Chancellerie
Claude Audran III
Wool, silk (21-23 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1679
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone, from Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses
Wauters Workshop
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm · 1675
Art Institute of Chicago
Abundantia from The Four Continents and Related Allegories
Lodewijk van Schoor
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 28 to 44 wefts per cm; wool: single S-spun elements; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.2–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–0.8 mm · 1670
Art Institute of Chicago
Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid
Wauters Workshop
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 32 wefts per cm; wool: pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.6–1.2 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.7–1.0 mm · 1665
Art Institute of Chicago
Table Carpet with Garlands of Flowers and Rinceaux
Manufacture de Aubusson
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1650
Art Institute of Chicago
The Death of Cleopatra from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cleopatra Asked to Pay Tribute to Rome from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Battle of Actium from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl from a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Justus van Egmont
Wool, silk, silver and silver-gilt thread (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1645
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medici Armorial
Lorenzo Lippi
Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts and areas of 4:4 plain interlacing of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk wefts · 1643
Art Institute of Chicago
Medici Armorial
Lorenzo Lippi
Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with wrapping outlining wefts and areas of 4:4 plain interlacing of gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk wefts · 1643
Art Institute of Chicago
Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus
Jan van Leefdael
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 30 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk: three yarns of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.6–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.5–1.2 mm · 1640
Art Institute of Chicago
Antony Presents Artavasdes, King of the Armenians, to Cleopatra from The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Evrard Leyniers
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.55–0.65 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 28 wefts per cm; wool; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–1.0 mm; silk; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm · 1630
Art Institute of Chicago