THE
TAPESTRY
BOOK

BY

HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE

Author of “Decorative Styles and Periods”

WITH FOUR PLATES IN COLOUR AND NINETY-NINE
ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
MCMXII

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HERSE AND MERCURY

Renaissance Brussels Tapestry, Italian Cartoon. W. de Pannemaker, weaver.
Collection of George Blumenthal, Esq., New York

Copyright, 1912, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company

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All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian

TO
TWO CERTAIN BYZANTINE MADONNAS
AND THEIR OWNERS

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Modesty so dominates the staff in art museums that Iam requested not to make mention of those officers whohave helped me with friendly courtesy and efficiency. Tothe officers and assistants at the Metropolitan Museumof Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, theMuseum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Print Departmentin the Library of Congress in Washington, indebtednessis here publicly acknowledged with the regret thatI may not speak of individuals. Photographs of tapestriesare credited to Messrs. A. Giraudon, Paris; J. Laurent,Madrid; Alinari, Florence; Wm. Baumgarten, and AlbertHerter, New York, and to those private collectors whosenames are mentioned on the plates.

H. C. C.

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