Historical Tapestries

Richly detailed tapestries depicting allegorical scenes, mythological figures, and pastoral landscapes, showcasing vibrant colors and intricate designs.

Armida and Rinaldo, after Designs by Simon Vouet, tapestry, USA, Florida, Jacksonville, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens

The Judgement of Paris, Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery on silk foundation, mica Technique: embroidered in stem satin, knot, couching and padded couching stitches with detatched and undetached looping (needle lace) on 4/1 satin foundation, Seated male figure at the right (Paris) hands the Golden Apple to the first of three female figures (Venus) lined up in front of him. The next figure is Minerva, the last is Juno. At the top Cupid leans out of a cloud with a laurel wreath for his mother., England, 1650-75, embroidery & stitching, Embroidered picture, Embroidered picture

The right side of the garden, detail from A garden with Ovid figures, Minerva and the nine Muses, late 16th century, Flemish tapestry from cartoons by Cornelius Mattens, Brussels manufacture. Belgium, 16th century.

Cavagnole Game Board; papier mache, painted and gilded decoration

Needlework Panel Made 1680-1700 Portugal. Linen ground embroidered with silk and metal threads; attached pearls and mirrors .

Aeneas leaves Troy carrying his father Anchises and leading his son Ascanius. unknown c. 1675-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'2" X W 11'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. Aeneas, leading Ascanius, escapes from burning Troy, carrying his father Anchises with the Penates; his wife Creusa, who sets out with them, is lost on the way (BRD) ribbon tied around & interspersed with laurel leaves & various decorative elements: (UPR BRD) centered by floral wreaths & 2 swans framing crown enclosing crossed scepters & heart; paired dolphins in corners; (L & R BRD) centered by crossed sheaths with swords, arrow-filled quivers & bows, floral wreaths framing plumed helmets; (LWR BRD) floral wreaths & arrow-filled quivers framing a large double-headed eagle, & acanthus leaves hanging with laurel leaves & fruit in corners Based on a cartoon from the Hearst Aeneid series. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 42032-b

Sidewall and border. Date/Period: 1810-20. Sidewall and border. Block-printed on handmade paper. Height: 1,110 mm (43.70 in); Width: 520 mm (20.47 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Arch of Ferdinand by Pieter Paul Rubens, oil on wood , 1634, 1577-1640, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage 104x72, 5

The Fall of the Rebel Angels (Les Tres Riches Heures du duc de Berry) by Limbourg brothers (active 1385-1416) / Musee Conde, Chantilly / 1412-1416 / The Netherlands / Tempera and gold on parchment / Bible / 29x21

. Two-leaf screen of gold-plated beech wood, covered with tapisserie de Beauvais. Every leaf shows two fields within a framing with rocaille motifs and flowers. The left leaf has above a dancing girl and under a donkey with a basket with flowers. The right leaf shows above a citizen playing girl and under two dogs.

Triptych with The Crucifixion, The Flagellation, and The Entombment 1490-1510 Limoges. Painted enamel and gold on copper .

Caesar Embarks by Boat to Join His Army from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra Made 1675-1685 Flanders. These hangings display all the characteristics of the Flemish High Baroque monumental figures, dramatic gestures, expressive faces, and minimal backgrounds. The story of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar was a popular subject for tapestry by the time these works were woven in the 17th century. This hanging shows a moment during the Egyptian Civil war. Following a failed attempt upon their l ives, Caeser and Cleopatra find themselves besieged by opposing Egyptian armies. Here noatman strain to convey a laurel-crowned Caesar to join his army. The water birds in the sky and the reeds at right convey the setting of the Nile.. Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave . Geraert Peemans (Manufacturer)

Chariot Race

Roundel, St. Martin healing the lame and blind beggars against their wishes; Belgium; linen foundation with silk, metal-wrapped silk; diam.: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)

Tapestry: Narcissus. Date/Period: Ca. 1500. Textiles. Wool and silk tapestry. Height: 2,820 mm (111.02 in); Width: 3,110 mm (10.20 ft). Author: UNKNOWN.

Needlework picture. Culture: American. Dimensions: 45 x 35 in. (114.3 x 88.9 cm). Maker: Anna Matilda Curtis (1802-39). Date: 1820. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Azulejos on the walls of Capela Das Almas or Chapel of Souls. Angel. Porto. Portugal.

Plaque with a wooden frame. Urbania (ośrodek ceramiczny ; ca 1500- ca 1800), Doix, Martino Giovanni (1658-1723), author

Needlework picture 1820 Anna Matilda Curtis. Needlework picture. American. 1820. Silk thread on silk ground with watercolor paint. Made in New York, New York, United States

Hunters in a Landscape. Artist: Partly based on a woodcut by Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539-1591 Nuremberg). Culture: British, probably London. Designer: Anonymous designer. Dimensions: H. 70 7/8 x W. 181 7/8 in. (180 x 462 cm); Weight (rolled on tube): 38lb. (17.2367kg). Maker: Woven by Anonymous Flemish weavers. Date: ca. 1575-95.This extremely rare hanging combines an exquisitely well-preserved palette with the distinctive long and narrow format of a wainscot tapestry. In a style referred to by Flemish weavers at the time as "English fashion", it was intended to hang between the cornice and the dado of a wood-paneled room. The tapestry is attributed on stylistic, iconographic and technical grounds to Flemish immigrant weavers who sought refuge from the religious tumult of the era by relocating to England, probably London. In excellent condition, it is a particularly engaging example of the output of this fascinating and only recently studied diaspora of weavers from Flander

Embroidered Picture (England); silk, metallic threads, sequins, linen (backing)

Cushion cover, Medium: wool, silk Technique: tapestry woven, Square panel showing Orpheus standing playing the lyre, surrounded by birds and beasts, fruit and floral border., Hamburg, Germany, ca. 1635, woven textiles, Cushion cover

Venus and Adonis from a set of Mythological Subjects after Raphael. Artist: Designed after drawing previously attributed to Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483-1520 Rome); Designed after a drawing now attributed to Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499-1546 Mantua); Cartoon painted by Pierre de Sève the Younger (French, ca. 1623-1695). Culture: French, Paris. Designer: Possibly designed by Antoine Coypel (French, Paris 1661-1722 Paris). Dimensions: Overall: 143 1/4 × 134 1/2 in. (363.9 × 341.6 cm). Maker: Woven in the workshop directed by Jean Jans the Younger (French, 1644-1723). Manufactory: Woven in the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662). Date: designed 1686, woven 1686-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

engraving depicting French noblemen and woman walking in a garden. 18th century

Panel, Unknown, Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk-core threads Technique: supplementary warp pile (velvet) in a 4&1 satin weave foundation with three warps in each pile warp unit; use of pile warp substitution; use of supplementary facing wefts bound in 1Z4 twill order; use of looped discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in 2Z3 twill order Label: silk velvet with metallic facing wefts, Horizontal rectangular panel with a gold metallic ground and polychrome silk velvet figures of four women separated by large flowering plants. From left to right: a woman holding a long-necked jar in one hand while the other holds up her skirt, in which she has gathered fruits; a woman holding a pitcher in one hand and cradling a large bowl or basin in the other; a woman wearing gloves, holding a bird of prey in her left hand while about to hood the bird with her right; a woman with a long stick with which she is prodding a hound held by a lead in her right hand; the hound is straining the lead. Two

Triumph of Cybele ca. 1509 Pinturicchio One of twenty-two panels (14.114.1-.22) forming the ceiling from the Palace of Pandolfo Petrucci, called Il Magnifico, Siena. The general distribution and partition of the ceiling appears to derive from that of a vaulted and painted ceiling in Nero's Golden House in Rome. Many of the individual figures also seem to derive from antique works of art- especially sarcophagi.. Triumph of Cybele. Pinturicchio (Italian, Perugia 1454-1513 Siena). Italian, Umbria. ca. 1509. Fresco, transferred to canvas and attached to wood panels. Paintings-Decorative

Cabinet de Travail, Paris, 19th century.Artist: F Durin

Brühl, Augustusburg Palace/ Staircase, fresco

VENUS EN UN CARRO TIRADO POR ELEFANTES - PINTURA POMPEYANA - SIGLO I. Location: TALLER DE VERECUNDUS. POMPEII. ITALIA. VENUS DIOSA ROMANA.

Labours of the Month for October, November and December, harvesting and crushing grapes, slaughtering cattle, feasting, German medieval tapestry, early 15th century, detail

Field of four tiles with hunters and animals. Field of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a multicolored (blue, orange, yellow, green and purple) hunter on a ground within a square. In the corners, ornament in filling technology.

Unexecuted ceiling design for the Stanza del Sole, Antonio Asprucci architectural drawings for the Villa Borghese, ca. 1770-ca. 1793, Conca, Tommaso, 1734-1822, Pencil, pen and brown ink with watercolor on paper, between 1775 and 1780

TAPIZ-ESCENA DE LA BUENAVENTURA AL HEREDERO DE FRANCIA. Location: MUSEE D'ARTS DECORATIFS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Les pêcheurs (The Fishermen), Tapestry from Les Anciennes Indes (The Old Indies) Series. After returning from Brazil in 1667 the Dutch governor Johan Maurits commissioned eight tapestries to adorn the walls of the Mauritshuis. Eckhout based his designs for them on drawings he had made in Brazil. In 1678 Johan Maurits presented the cartoons to the French king Louis XIV. The tapestry series was popular at European courts and woven many times to meet the demand.

Orchid Pavilion Gathering, 1777. Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730-1781). Hanging scroll, ink on silk; image: 122.7 x 55.7 cm (48 5/16 x 21 15/16 in.); overall: 197.4 x 58.8 cm (77 11/16 x 23 1/8 in.); with knobs: 197.4 x 64.3 cm (77 11/16 x 25 5/16 in.).

Inlay work by Lotto and Capoferri, Santa Maria Maggiore Cathedral, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Picture Made 1801-1825 Sweden. Silk, satin weave; embroidered .

Venus, Mars and Three Amorki; Chodowiecki, Daniel Nicolaus (1726-1801); 1750 (1745-00-00-1755-00-00);Studziński, Franciszek (1895-1967), Studziński, Franciszek (1895-1967)-collections, cupids, antique, clouds, trees, women, foreign miniatures, mythologies, men, plants, mythological scenes, purchase (provenance), armor, soldiers

Drawing, Henry IV; Designed by Frederick Marschall; USA; brush and watercolor, gold on heavy paper; Ext. dim: 22 x 21.5 cm (8 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.) Int. dim: 27 x 28.4 cm (10 5/8 x 11 3/16 in.)

Field of four tiles with animals, anonymous, c. 1580 - c. 1625 Field of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a multicolored (blue, orange, yellow, green and purple) animal on a ground within a squared. In the corners, ornament in Vultechniek. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Field of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a multicolored (blue, orange, yellow, green and purple) animal on a ground within a squared. In the corners, ornament in Vultechniek. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica

Tapestry: L'Embarquement de l'impératrice, from L'Histoire de l'empereur de la Chine Series.

Shapur approaches Khusrau Parviz. Persia, circa 1930. Gouache heightened with gold on paper, miniature, 31.8 x 19cm.

Sea fauna with fishes, by Alexandrian workers, 2nd Century - 1st Century b.C., vermiculatum floor mosaic. Italy: Campania: Naples: National Archaeological Museum. Whole artwork. Emblem/crest/symbol floor mosaic floor hem vegetable interlacement flowers animals sea landscape sea octopus lobster fishes shrimps gray mullets moray eel skate/ray murex shell rocks/crags bird kingfisher

Cäsars Tod lässt Kleopatra trauern, Gemälde von Justus van Egmont, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus der damaligen Zeit.

Baudouin, Paul-Albert (n.1844-10-24-D.1931-12-24), sketch for the town hall of the 10th: the Saint-Martin canal (fragments) (main title), 1905. oil on fibrociment, fragments . Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris. Sketch for the town hall of the 10th: the Saint-Martin canal (fragm

Hunting for the Lion, Ateliers de la Marche, .

Abduction of Europa, sketch for the plafond for the chamber in the tower next to the Hen's Foot Tower of the Wawel Royal Castle. Pankiewicz, Józef (1866-1940), painter

Study for a worship of the kings, in the background a ruin with two corinthian columns.

Window with three angels, one whistling, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699 Double with the presentation of three angels in the clouds, one of which plays. Note: see also inv. No. BK-XLVIIII-A; Was previously in one panel with this window. glass. lead (metal).

Wall plaque depicting the martyrdom of St Sebastian, 1515, maiolica, 22.5 x19 cm, Urbino manufacture , Marche. Italy, 16th century.

Chariot of Apollo Pinturicchio Italian ca. 1509 The ceiling, composed of detached frescoes of mythological subjects set into casts of the original stuccowork, was painted by Pinturicchio and his workshop as part of the decoration of a room in the Palazzo del Magnifico in Siena. The palace was constructed for the ruler of Siena, Pandolfo Petrucci, (1451-1512) called "Il Magnifico," whose coat-of-arms decorates the center of the ceiling. According to an eighteenth century description, the walls were frescoed with eight allegorical and mythological scenes by Signorelli, Girolamo Genga, and Pinturicchio. Six of these were detached in 1842/44 and are now in the National Gallery, London and the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena. There was also a wooden framework carved by Antonio Barili, parts of which are preserved in Siena, and a majolica tile floor, sections of which also survive. Some of the tiles are dated 1509, the year Pandolfo Petrucci's son, Borghese, married Vittoria Piccolomini, and the

Chariot of Jupiter, 16th century, detail from the Zodiac frescoes in the dome of the old library, University of Salamanca, Spain.

Chinese lacquered black and gold, 18th century screen

Portraits alongside view of a mansion , Mansions

Goshawk killing rabbit, detail, Procession of the Old King, west wall, Fresco cycle, Procession of the Magi, Benozzo Gozzoli, circa 1459-1460, Capella dei Magi, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Harvest in Burgundy. Sketch for the buffet ceiling from Lyon Station (Restaurant Le Train Bleu) Albert Maignan (1845-1908). Harvest in Burgundy. Sketch for the buffet ceiling of Lyon train station (restaurant blue train). Oil on canvas. 1900.

TOLEDO - TABLA CON SANGUINA LAQUEADA SITUADA EN EL SALON DE CONSEJOS DEL BANCO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA - 1920 - 3,06x1,94 m - DESPUES DE RES. Author: SERT JOSE MARIA. Location: BANCO EXTERIOR-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things by Bosch, Hieronymus (c. 1450-1516)/ Museo del Prado, Madrid/ 1475-1480/ The Netherlands/ Oil on wood/ Early Netherlandish Art/ 120x150/ Bible,Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Shah or King Playing Card for the Game of Nas Shah or King Playing Card for the Game of Nas, mid-19th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on wood or papiermché under lacquered varnish, 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. (6.0 x 4.0 cm). Arts of the Islamic World mid-19th century

Bibi or Queen Playing Card for the Game of Nas Bibi or Queen Playing Card for the Game of Nas, mid-19th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on wood or papiermché under lacquered varnish, 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. (6.0 x 4.0 cm). The full set of cards for the game of nas contains twenty cards, with four each of five suits. The suits are the king, the queen, the couli, or dancer, the serbaz, or soldier, and the as, or ace, in the form of a lion and tiger entwined by a snake-dragon. Arts of the Islamic World mid-19th century

Painting on wall in smoking room, House of Alexander Polovtsev, Museum of Applied Arts, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Edouard Vimont. "Family". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Child, family, father mother

City of Seville, at the Plaza de Espana, ornaments made of tiles, details of the ornamentation presenting the 48 provinces of Spain, here Albacete, maps of the provinces, mosaics of historical events, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Picture Made 1701-1800 France. .

Majolica Plate by Workshop of Guido Durantino; Ceramic; c. 1540

Valentine - Mechanical - scene of barge, troubadours, Temple of Hymen ca. 1875 Anonymous, German, 19th century. Valentine - Mechanical - scene of barge, troubadours, Temple of Hymen. Anonymous, German, 19th century. ca. 1875. Heavy card-stock, die-cut scraps, chromolithography, white ribbon,lavender paper

The Myth of Prometheus, Triptych, Oskar Kokoschka, 1950, Courtauld Gallery, London, England, UK

Ball by Sapunov, Nikolai Nikolayevich (1880-1912)/ Private Collection/ 1910/ Russia/ Tempera on cardboard/ Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen./ 77x104/ Genre

Tile field with four (two x two) tiles with biblical scenes. Tile field with four (two x two) tiles with biblical scenes: the medal of the poor widow, the parable of the lost sheep, the lost son and the vision of Cornelius.

Tile with the medal of the poor widow. Tile with a blue painted biblical performance, the medal of the poor widow with the inscription: Marc 12:41. The show is framed by leaves and C-voluten. This tile forms part of a field of 2 x 2 tiles together with BK-15580, 15581 and 15582.

City of Seville, at the Plaza de Espana, ornaments made of tiles, details of the ornamentation presenting the 48 provinces of Spain, here Guadalajara, maps of the provinces, mosaics of historical events, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Los ángeles presentan a Dios las almas de los nuevos elegidos. Miniatura del siglo XV. Biblioteca de San Marcos, Venecia. Facsímil de 1877.

Limburg, Pol de (À-h.1416). The Richly decorated Hours of the Duke of Berry. ca. 1440. Fol. 10v. Calendar: October: agricultural works next to the castle. International gothic. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. PICARDY. OISE. Chantilly. MusŽe CondŽ (CondŽ Museum).

Vestigia delle Terme di Tito. Sacrifice given to Pomona. Quadro from vault ornamentation in room 15. Carlone, Marco (1742-1796), graphic artist, Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), draughtsman, cartoonist, Mirri, Ludovico (1738-1786), publisher

90 tiles tile tile. Tile tile of 90 tiles (9 x 10) with a blue painted biblical representation of Adam and Eve surrounded by animals with the tree with the snake in the middle. Under the performance, the inscription: .nitimvr.in.vetitvm.semper.cvpimvsqvegata.

Reproduction of a fresco depicting Orpheus among the animals, from The Houses and Monuments of Pompeii, by Fausto and Felice Niccolini, Volume II, General Descriptions, Plate LXXIV, 1854-1896.

Decorative detail of Pompeian Hall, interior of Palace of Capodimonte, Naples (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1995), Campania. Italy, 18th century.

Qajar Dado Tile 19th century. Qajar Dado Tile 670002

REPRESENTACION DE OVIEDO - EL REY DON PELAYO JURA GUARDAR Y DEFENDER LAS TRADICIONES DEL PUEBLO - MOSAICO DE LA PLAZA DE ESPAÑA DE SEVILLA - SIGLO XX. Location: España Square. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. DON PELAYO REY CAUDILLO DE ASTURIAS (-737).

Sanlucar de Barrameda, Province of Cadiz, In the centre of a white wall is an artistic, blue and white tile with a pictorial representation, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Two Indian men (gardeners): (left) standing, holding an instrument, and (right) squatting, trimming the edge of a lawn. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

ceramics design of san miguel and the dragon in the centre of colonia del sacramento uruguay

City of Seville, at the Plaza de Espana, ornaments made of tiles, details of the ornamentation presenting the 48 provinces of Spain, here Cuenca, maps of the provinces, mosaics of historical events, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

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