History of the Chinese Emperor III French Wall Tapestry 80-99 Inches Tall An apple tapestry

An apple tapestry

Note: The largest available size of 110"W x 58"H is a wider scene that has two columns on each side

It is believed that it was commissioned by Bishop Odo

Florals form a row on a purple damask pattern in this wall tapesry

A tapestry exclusive

History of the Chinese Emperor III French Wall Tapestry 80-99 Inches Tall An apple tapestryThe harvesting of pineapples. From a set of ten tapestries called The History of the Chinese Emperor commissioned by Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, son of King Louis XIV, to the Beauvais Manufacture. At the end of the 17th century, the Jesuite missionaries were returning from China with tales and knowledge that were to influence the royal courts of Europe. These tapestries, very exotic for the time, were initially made for the Rambouillet castle.