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TAPESTRY

Plate III.

Fig. 13.—One of a series of designs (the Trojan War) by Jean Foucquet (1415–1485) from which tapestry hangings were woven, probably at Arras in the middle of the 15th century.

Fig. 14.—Part of the tapestry (13 ft. high) woven from the design in Fig. 13. Arrival of Queen Penthesilea at the court of King Priam.

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Fig. 15.—Part of the tapestry (10 ft. high) woven from the design in Fig. 13. Queen Penthesilea overcoming Diomedes.

Fig. 16.—Long and narrow tapestry (8 ft. 10 in. by 22 in.), German work of the 15th century. Field labours, &c.

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