History of the Chinese Emperor II French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H A single leaf

A single leaf

An amazing old world French medieval style tapestry

Each of the original 12 tapestries depicted a different castle at each month of the year

A unique design of meandering vines and flowers in a deeply rich color way

A beautiful woman with a glass of champagne

History of the Chinese Emperor II French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H A single leafThe 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.