Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Tapestry

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there is mentioп of а special artist in tapestry, who lived near ,vincl1este1·; Ыs вате was Se,vald, and lie was further kno,vn as " le tapenyr," ,vhich, accol'ding to l\I. G. Thomson, sigпifies tapestl'ier. Оне is led to belieYe that tapcstгies ,vеге нsed as сlшгсh adoшmeвts befoi-e they ,vere introdaced into d,Yelliпgs; for it ,vas said, when Qнееп Еlеапог of Castile liad her bedгoom huпg witl1 tapestгies, that " it was like а clшrch." At ,vestшiпsteг, а wгiteг of 1631 alludes to the " clotЬs of Arгas whicl1 adorn tl1e choi1·." Sets of tapestries to haпg евtiге apaгtments were kпо,vп as " Halliпgs." Ашопg the tapestгies ,vhich belonged to Charles V. ,vas опе " ,voгked ,vith to,vers, fallo,v backs and does, to put оvег the King's boat." Aшong eai·ly recorded tapest1·ics аге those шentioned iп tl1e inventoгy of Philip the Bold, iп 1404, ,Yliile that of Philip tl1e Good tells of l1is speciшcns, in 1420. Noth­ ing can vvell Ье imagined шоге chal'miпg than tl1e de­ scription of а tapestгied сhашЬе1· iп 1418; the rоош being finished in ,vl1ite ,vas decornted ,vith pal'Oqaets and daшsels playing haгps. This ,vo1-k: was accom­ plished for tl1e Ducl1ess of Bavaгia Ьу the tapest1·y шаkег, .Jean of Floгence. Flanders tapestry ,vas faшous in the t,Yclfth ашl fourteenth centuries. А1таs paгticulaгly was tЬс to,vп celeb1·ated fог tЬе beaaty of its ,vork. This faшous manufactoгy ,vas fotшded 1лiо1· to 1350, as tl1e1·e is meпtion of woгk of that pe1·iod. Веfоге the town Ье-