La Prise de Lille French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 44"H An abstract tapestry featuring wine

An abstract tapestry featuring wine bottles

and the weaves in this tapestry bring the depth and character of his painting to life

These were extremely popular during Mucha's lifetime

this tapestry represents reincarnation

woven after a large tapestry drawn by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones and then woven in the workshops of Morris and Company (1890-1895)

La Prise de Lille French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 44"H An abstract tapestry featuring wineThis Flemish wall tapestry depicts the taking of the town of Lille in 1667. It is one of fourteen tapestries illustrating the wars of Louis XIV, called l'Histoire du Roi, or the Story of the King, woven at the Gobelins during the second half of the 17th century. This small extract with added border represents when Lille was taken over by the Spanish on the 28th of August 1667.