A Short History of Tapestry: From the Earliest Times to the End of the 18Th Century

A Short History of Tapestry: From the Earliest Times to the End of the 18Th Century

The history of tapestry dates but from yesterday. Step by step archives have demonstrated the existence in Fiance, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain,Germany, England, Denmark, and Russia, of numerous workshops, established in even the most obscure localities; while the store-chambers of princes and the treasuries of churches have revealed a large and varied collection of hangings long hidden- from view. Admirable lists of tapestries, and of tapestryworkers,moreover, have been drawn up, with all the detail and precision that can be desired. But the time has now come for completing these learned researches, of the utility of which no one is more sensible than the writer of this essay, by studies of a different kind. Critics, writers on art, amateurs and men of taste ask how tapestry was estimated by the community in the various stages of civilisation ; what ideas it expressed, what changes it underwent, and how it affected artistic style.

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Table of Contents:

Copyright

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.TAPESTRY IN ANCIENT TIMES

CHAPTER II.TAPESTRY AMONGST THE GREEKS.

CHAPTER III.TAPESTRY IN ROME BEFORE THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY.

CHAPTER IV.TAPESTRY IN THE EAST FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA TO THE CRUSADES

CHAPTER V.THE LOWER EMPIRE.

CHAPTER VI.TAPESTRY IN THE WEST, FROM THE NINTH TO THE TWELFTH CENTURY.

CHAPTER VII.THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER IX.THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

CHAPTER X.THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER XI.THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER XII.THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER XIII.THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER XIV.THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER XV.THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER XVI.THE TECHNIQUE OF TAPESTRY

APPENDIX

LIST OF THE CHIEF CENTRES OF MANUFACTURE

LIST OF PAINTERS

LIST OF TAPESTRY WORKERS MENTIONED

ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS