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162 Arts апd Crafts in tl1e Middle Ages

of the woгkrnen in tapestry establishrnents нsed to Ье known as thc " fine dra,vcrs," ,vhose whole dнty was to join the different pieces together, and also to repair worn tapestrics, inserting new stitches for restorations. Tapest,ry repairing was а necessary craft; at Rl1eirns sorne tapestгies ,vcre restoгed Ьу .Jacqнcmirc de Beгgeres; these hangings had been " much darnaged Ьу dogs, rats, mice, and othcr beasts." It is not stated wheгc thcy had been hung ! High wагр looms have been known in Ешоре ceгtainly sincc tl1c ninth ccntury. Thcre is an ordcr extaпt, froin thc Bishop of Auxerre, wlю died in 840, for sоше " cai·­ pets for l1is chuгch." In 890 thc шonks of Saunшr wcre manнfacturiпg tapestries. Bcautiful textiles had Ьесп used to oгnaшent the Chuгch of St. Denis as early as 630, but there is no proof that these werc actually tapestries. There is а legend that in 732 а tapestry estaЫishшent existed in the district bctween Tours and Poitieгs. At Beauvais, too, the wcavers of aгras wеге settled at tl1e tiшe of the Norman ravages. Юng Dagobert was а mediffival patron of aгts in France. Не had the walls of St. Denis (which he built) hung with rich tapestries set with peaгls and ,vrougl1t with gold. At the monastery of St. Florent, at Saumuг in 985, the monks wove tapest1·ies, usiнg floгal and aцima] forms in their designs. At Poitiers therc was quite а flourishiвg factory as early as 1025. Tapestry was рrоЬаЫу first made in France, to any coпsidcraЫe extent, tl1en, in thc ninth ccntury. The historian