A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z
Abbot Robert, 20.
Achilles, Story of, 169.
Adelaide, Queen, 22.
Adoration of the Eternal Father, The, 59, 250, 260.
Adoration of the Magi, The, 258.
Acts of the Apostles, 64, 86, 147, 169, 197, 205, 214, 221.
Alcisthenes, Mantle of, 19.
Alexander, History of, 115, 172, 197.
Alfonso II (d’Este), 83.
America, 261-264.
American interest, 10.
Amorini, 209.
Andrea del Sarto, 73.
Angeli Laudantes, 260.
Angers, 29, 30.
Angivillier, Count of, 131, 133, 137.
Annunciation, The, 61.
Antin, Duke d’, 128, 130, 131, 148.
Antony and Cleopatra, 80, 110, 151, 187, 210, 222.
Apocalypse, 23, 25, 30, 45, 217.
Apprentices, 5.
Architectural detail, 177-179.
Armide, 130.
Arras, 28, 32, 34, 38, 47, 48, 51, 54, 66, 90, 106, 129, 163, 176, 203, 229.
Arazzeria Medicea, 84.
Artemisia, 93, 94.
Artois, 32, 34, 163.
Aubusson, 150, 152-158.
Audran, Claude, 122-124, 126-128, 132.
Audran, Jean, 138.
Aurora, 254.
Babylon, 18.
Bacchiacca, 76, 223.
Backgrounds, 185.
BaillÉe des Roses, 42, 176, 181.
Bajazet, 35.
Barberini, 87, 88, 131, 208.
Basse lisse, 3, 193, 227.
Bataille, Nicolas, 29, 30, 217.
Baudry, Paul, 254.
Baumgarten, 232, 238, 239, 262.
Bayeux Tapestry, 21, 241-248.
Beauvais, 4, 121, 135, 145-153, 154, 163, 256.
Beaux Art, École des, 204.
BÉhagle, Philip, 147, 148, 257.
Belle, Augustin, 138.
Bellegarde, 157.
Berne, Cathedral of, 37, 53.
Bernini, 10.
BerthÉlemy, 141.
Besnier, 152.
Bible, influence of, 130.
BiÈvre, 105, 106, 107.
Blamard, Louis, 99, 103.
Blumenthal collection, 74, 75, 78, 196, 205.
Bobbin, 4.
Book of Hours, 41.
Borders, 132, 147, 158, 169, 170, 172, 173, 188-190, 201-215.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 15, 46, 56, 238.
Botticelli, 180.
Boucher, 131, 132, 135, 141, 151.
Boulle, 107.
Bourg, Maurice du, 93, 94, 95, 96.
Broche, 4, 223, 227, 228, 229.
Bruges, 54, 55, 221.
Brussels, 7, 9, 10, 29, 38, 48, 54, 55, 57, 64, 66, 68-72, 76, 78, 90, 111, 129, 141, 163, 194, 197, 216, 218, 219, 221, 229.
Brussels Mark, 217.
Burgundian tapestry, 37, 45, 160, 174.
Burgundy, Dukes of, 22, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 46, 47, 48, 51.
Burne-Jones, 258, 259.
Caffieri, 107.
Carron, Antoine, 94.
Carthaginians, 19.
Cartoons, 56, 151, 155, 173, 176, 231, 255.
Cartouche, 207.
Casanova, 151.
Cellini, Benvenuto, 7.
Charity, 254.
Charles I, 167, 168, 170, 171.
Charles V, 32.
Charles V, Emperor, 62, 75, 82, 83, 220.
Charles VI, 29.
Charles VII, 42.
Charles VIII, 48.
Charles le TÉmÉraire, 36, 45, 47, 51, 66.
Chef d’atelier, 5.
Chicago Institute of Art, 47, 78, 221.
China, 18.
Circe, 19.
Clein, or Cleyn, Francis, 166, 169, 170, 171.
Cluny Museum of Paris, 44, 54.
Colbert, 99, 102, 103, 107, 108, 109, 116, 117, 118, 121, 145, 155, 156.
Colours, 191-193, 210, 211, 233-236.
Comans, Charles de, 222.
Comans, or Coomans, Marc, 95-97, 107, 165, 166, 231.
Condemnation of Suppers and Banquets, The, 51.
Conquest of Tunis, 75, 220.
Constantine, History of, 112.
Copies, 197-200.
Coptic, 15, 16.
Cornelisz, Lucas, 82.
Correggio, 209.
Cortona, Pietro di, 87.
Cosimo I, Duke of Tuscany, 84, 85.
Cosmati brothers, 178.
Costumes, 181-183.
Cotte, Jules Robert de, 122, 129, 131.
Coypel, Antoine, 130.
Coypel, Charles, 12, 127, 128, 130, 132, 150.
Cozette, 132.
Crane, Richard, 171.
Crane, Sir Francis, 165, 167, 168, 170, 171, 223.
Crane, Walter, 259.
Crusades, 19, 24.
Cupid and Psyche, 132.
David, 136, 140, 142, 143, 144.
David Instructing Solomon, etc., 259.
Dearle, H., 260.
Delacroix, Jean, 109.
Devonshire, Duke of, 46.
Diana, History of, 92.
Directing artist, 5.
Director, 4.
Directory, 139, 142.
Don Quixote, 127, 132, 133, 152.
Dosso, Battista, 82.
Dourdin, 30.
Ducal Palace at Nancy, tapestry room of, 51, 65.
Du Mons, Jean Joseph, 158.
Dupont, Pierre, 161.
Dye, scarlet, of the Gobelin brothers, 106.
Dyes, 6, 218, 233, 234.
Dyes at Aubusson, 156.
Edward the Confessor, 260.
Egypt, 18, 27.
Egyptian drawing, 15.
Egyptian loom, 16.
Egyptian weaving, 16.
Egyptian work, 7.
Eighteenth Century, 76, 123, 152, 158, 180, 185, 187, 190, 211, 222, 236, 257-261.
Eleventh Century, 23.
Elizabeth, Queen, 164.
Enfants Jardiniers, 74.
Enghien, 103, 221, 222.
England, 54, 223.
Ercole II (d’Este), 82-84.
Este, d’, 82-84, 91, 223.
Esther and Ahasuerus, 190.
Europe, 18, 19.
Fables of La Fontaine, 149-152.
Felletin, 157.
Ferrara, 82, 83, 223.
Ffoulke collection, 88, 89, 131.
Fifteenth Century, 22, 27, 46, 51, 54, 58, 81, 106, 160, 163, 176, 183, 184, 196, 202.
Filleul, 148.
Flanders, 6, 7, 28, 54, 68, 110, 121, 150, 163, 169, 176, 208.
Flemish tapestry, 9, 79.
Fleur-de-lis, use of, 38, 222.
Florence factory, 223.
Flowers, use of, 52, 180, 181.
Flute, 4, 227, 228, 229.
Fontainebleau, 91, 92.
Foucquet, 100-105.
Fouquet, Jean, 42.
Fourteenth Century, 25, 27, 30, 106, 176, 183.
France, 10, 28, 54, 90, 110, 163, 176, 252-257.
Francis I, 90, 91.
French terms, 4.
Furniture, 133, 134, 135, 146, 149, 152, 159, 162.
Galloon, 173, 201, 204, 219, 221.
Genoa, 89.
Germany, 54, 160.
Geubels, Jacques, 79, 221.
Ghent, 66.
Giotto, 27, 216.
Giulio Romano, 73, 74, 84, 93, 118.
Gobelin, Jean and Philibert, 105, 106.
Gobelins, 10, 30, 90, 93, 99, 103-107, 109, 111, 112, 115-122, 128-131, 133, 135, 137-145, 154, 159, 161, 162, 203, 205, 222, 236, 252.
Gobelins Museum (Paris), 92, 99, 252.
Gold, use of, 6.
Gonnor (Duchess), 21.
Gonzaga, 61, 81.
Goose Girl, The, 259.
Gothic border, 60, 61.
Gothic columns, use of, 39, 52, 177, 178.
Gothic drawing, 174-177.
Gothic flowers, 180, 181.
Gothic period, 7, 8, 16, 52, 69, 188, 192.
Gothic style, 5, 27, 53, 66.
Greece, 18, 27.
Greek drawing, 15.
Greek influence, 186.
Grotesque Months, 76, 127.
Guildhall, 7.
Guilds, 6, 7.
Halberstadt, Cathedral at, 23.
HallÉ, 131.
Hardwick Hall tapestries, 46.
Harriman, Mrs. E. H., 263.
Haute lisse, 3, 193, 194, 227.
Helen, 19, 21.
Helly, 35.
Henri II, 92.
Henri IV, 10, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 107, 146, 160, 161, 164, 165, 212.
Henry V, 31.
Henry VIII, 164, 251.
Hero and Leander, History of, 169.
Herse and Mercury, 205.
Herter, 238, 239, 263.
High-loom, 15, 18.
High-warp, 3, 16, 19, 27, 29, 95, 109, 157, 193, 227, 228, 229.
Hinart, Louis, 146, 147.
Hiss, Philip, 170, 224.
History of Alexander, 115, 172, 197.
History of Constantine, 112.
History of Esther, 131, 132.
History of Gideon, 36.
History of Hero and Leander, 169.
History of Meleager, 112.
History of the King, 112, 113, 129, 222.
Holy Grail, The, 258.
Horrors of the Seven Deadly Sins, The, 51.
Hunt of Meleager, 99.
Hunts of Louis XV, 130, 188.
Identifications, 172-200.
Iliad, influence of, 130.
India, 18.
Italy, 6, 10, 54, 71, 81, 86, 110, 152, 168, 208, 223.
James I, 164-167.
Jans, Jean, 109, 126.
John, Revelation of, 23.
John without Fear, 36, 45.
Jouvenet, 130.
Judgment of Paris, The, 119.
Jumeau, Pierre le, 28, 29.
Karcher, John, 82.
Karcher, Nicholas, 76, 82, 84, 85, 223.
Kingdom of Heaven, The, 59.
King’s Works, 171.
Lady and the Unicorn, The, 44, 54, 175, 181, 203.
Lancaster, Duke of, 33.
La Marche, 157, 158.
La Planche, Raphael de, 96, 165, 166.
Laurent, Henri, 95, 96, 109.
Lebrun, 74, 99, 103, 104, 107, 109-120, 188, 203, 209, 211, 212, 213.
LefÈvre (or Lefebvre), 98, 109, 126, 222, 223.
Leipzig, 152.
Leleu, 105.
Leo X, Pope, 70, 71, 86.
Leonardo da Vinci, 90.
Le Pape, 147.
Leprince, 151.
Lerambert, Henri, 94, 211.
Lettering, 183-184, 203.
Leyniers, Nicolas, 221.
LiÉge, tapestries of, 48.
Life of Marie de Medici, 197.
Life of the King, 114, 144, 188.
Lisse, 3, 193.
Loches, church of, 41.
London, 165.
“Long wool” (longue laine), 160.
Looms, 3, 226-230.
Lorenzo the Magnificent, 86.
Louis XI, 36, 47, 48, 50, 54.
Louis XII, 48.
Louis XIII, 98.
Louis XIV, 10, 97-107, 117, 118, 122, 129, 145, 155-157, 161, 188, 203, 211, 212.
Louis XV, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133, 135, 136, 150, 162, 191, 205, 213.
Louis XVI, 133, 136, 137, 152, 162.
Louvois, 116-121.
Louvre, 97, 108, 109, 115, 160, 161.
Loves of the Gods, 132.
Low-warp, 3, 78, 109, 114, 147, 157, 158, 193, 227, 228, 230.
Maecht, Philip de, 166, 170, 223, 224.
Maincy, factory of. See Vaux.
Maintenon, Mme. de, 118, 122, 124.
Mangelschot, 138.
Mantegna, Andrea, 61, 73, 81, 171.
Manufactory, Royal (Aubusson), 156.
Marie Antoinette, 133, 137, 152.
Marie de Medici, Life of, 197.
Marie ThÉrÈse, 118.
Marks, 216-224.
Martel, Charles, 154, 155.
Mary’s Chamber at Holyrood, 65.
Master-weaver, 6.
Matilda (Queen), 21, 242, 245.
Mausolus and Artemisia, 93.
Mazarin, Cardinal, 59, 100.
Mazarin tapestry, 56, 196.
Medici, 84, 92, 94.
Meleager and Atalanta, 222.
Memling, 55.
Mercier, Pierre, 157.
Mercury, 75, 76, 78, 196.
Merton Abbey, 252, 257-261.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15, 40, 42, 46, 52, 58, 59, 76, 80, 162, 170, 174, 176, 187, 210, 238.
Meulen, FranÇois de la, 114.
Michael Angelo, 84.
Micou, 148.
Middle Ages, 5, 6, 7, 19, 21, 27, 42, 201.
Mignard, Pierre, 119, 120, 121.
Millefleurs, 4, 13.
Missals, 5.
Monasteries, influence of, 21, 22.
Montespan, Mme. de, 118, 131, 148.
Montezert, Pierre de, 158.
Months, The, 112, 133, 197, 212.
Morgan, J. P., 40, 56, 59, 128, 196, 250.
Morris, William, 257-261.
Mortlake, 163-171, 197, 223.
Mozin, Jean Baptiste, 109.
Muses, 104, 141.
Museums, Boston Fine Arts, 15, 46, 56, 238;
Chicago Institute of Art, 47, 78, 221;
Cluny, 44, 54;
Gobelins (Paris), 92, 99, 252;
Metropolitan (New York), 15, 40, 42, 52, 58, 59, 76, 80, 162, 170, 174, 176, 187, 210, 238;
Nancy, 37.
Mysteries of the Life and Death of Jesus Christ, The, 87, 208.
Nancy, Museum of, 37.
Nantes, Edict of; its effect, 95, 118, 157.
Napoleon, 136, 142, 143, 144, 208.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 144.
Natoire, Charles, 151.
Neilson, 132.
Nineteenth Century, 255.
Notre Dame, 21.
Otho, Count of Burgundy, 32.
Oudenarde, 221.
Oudry, 131, 148-152, 257.
Pannemaker, Wilhelm de, 62, 75, 220.
Paris, 10, 28, 29, 30, 47, 51, 90, 98, 132, 163, 222, 229.
Parrish, Maxfield, 264.
Parrocel, Charles, 130.
Passing of Venus, The, 259.
Pendleton, Charlotte, 235.
Penelope, 15, 16, 21, 227.
Pepersack, Daniel, 99.
Percier, 143.
“Perse, À la faÇon de, ou du Levant,” 160.
Persia, 19.
Personages, 4.
Perspective, 175-177.
Pharaohs, 18, 57.
Philip the Good, 36.
Philip the Hardy, 22, 29, 33, 34, 35, 45.
Philippe (Regent), 122, 128, 134, 148, 236.
Pickering, Sir Gilbert, 171.
Pius X, Pope, 9.
Planche, FranÇois de la, 95, 96, 97, 107.
Poitiers, 23, 154, 155.
Poitou, Count of, 23.
PortiÈres des Dieux, 126.
Portraits, 133, 140, 143, 162, 253.
Presentation in the Temple, The, 30.
Quedlimburg Hanging, 25.
Quentin Matsys, 58, 59.
Raphael, 9, 64, 67, 69, 70, 71, 79, 84, 118, 119, 145, 169, 187, 189, 205, 207, 214, 216, 221.
Ravaillac, 97.
Renaissance, influence of, 9, 53, 61, 67, 68, 69, 70, 77, 78, 174, 178, 182, 184, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192.
RenommÉs, Les, 111.
Repairs, 237-240.
Revolution, French, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 152.
Reward of Virtue, The, 51.
Rheims, 99, 155.
Richelieu, 99.
Riesner, 107.
Riviera, Giacomo della, 87.
Rococo, 128.
Roman influence, 186.
Romanelli, 87, 88, 130.
Romano, Giulio, 73, 74, 84, 93, 118.
Rome, 18, 27.
Rome, Jean de, or Jan von Room, 56, 58, 59, 216.
Rost, John, 76, 84, 85, 223.
Rouen, 21.
Royal Collection, Madrid, 187.
Royal Hunts, The, 130, 188.
Royal Residences, The, 112, 197, 203, 212.
Rubens, 79, 104, 110, 111, 112, 169, 187, 209, 210, 211, 214.
Ryerson collection, 59, 60, 61.
Ryswick, Peace of, 121.
Sack of Jerusalem, The, 45, 176.
Sacraments, The, 38, 46, 52, 174, 176, 192.
Sacred and Profane Love, 254.
St. Denis, abbey of, 22.
St. Florent, Abbot of, 23.
St. Germain, 109.
St. John the Divine, Cathedral of, 87, 88, 208.
St. Marceau, 97.
St. Merri, 95.
Saracens, 28, 154, 155, 178.
Sarrazinois, 28, 29, 47.
Saumur, 20.
Savonnerie, 97, 159-162.
Seasons, The, 132.
Seven Cardinal Virtues, The, 34.
Seven Cardinal Vices, The, 34.
Seven Deadly Sins, The, 6, 250.
Seventeenth Century, 10, 76, 86, 96, 99, 123, 158, 160, 163, 180, 185, 187, 194, 207, 208, 211.
SevignÉ, Mme. de, 101, 103.
Sforza Castle, 90.
Shaw, Byram, 260.
Shuttle, 4.
Siege of Calais, 141.
Silver, use of, 6.
Sixteenth Century, 29, 54, 56, 58, 62, 73, 74, 79, 163, 183, 187, 221, 223.
Sorel, Agnes, 41.
Spain, 54.
Spitzer, collection of Baron, 59, 60, 61.
Spring, 180.
Stockholm, 152.
Story of Christ, The, 99.
“Stromaturgie, La,” 161.
Stradano, 85.
Sully, 94, 95, 164.
Sumner, Howard, 260.
Tapissiers, 4, 5, 228.
Tenth Century, 20, 22.
Tessier, Louis, 135.
Thirteenth Century, 25, 26, 27, 28.
Titian, 73.
Tournelles, 96, 97.
Tours, 99.
Transfiguration, The, 254.
“TrÈs Riches Heures, Les,” 41.
TrinitÉ, HÔpital de la, 92, 93, 95, 97, 109.
Triumph of CÆsar, The, 171.
Triumph of Right, The, 51.
Triumphs of the Gods, 74.
Troy, History of, 81.
Troy, J. F. de, 131.
Truth Blindfolded, 260.
Tuileries, 97.
Tuscans, 27.
Twelfth Century, 23, 28.
Urban VIII, History of, 88.
Urbino, Duke Frederick of, 81.
ValliÈre, Mme. de la, 118.
Van Aelst, 70, 71, 86, 220, 221, 222.
Van den Strecken, Gerard, 80, 222.
Van der Straaten, Johan, 85.
Van Dyck, 169.
Van Eycks, 27, 55, 58.
Van Orley, Bernard, 55, 220.
Vaux, factory of, 99, 103, 105, 111, 112.
Venice, 10, 89.
Venus, 180.
Verdure, 4, 158, 222.
Vermeyen, Jan, 62.
Veronese, Paolo, 73.
Versailles, 109.
Vertumnus and Pomona, The Loves of, 76, 78, 220.
Vignory, Count of, 131.
Virgin and Saints, 21.
Visit of Louis XIV to the Gobelins, 113.
Von Zedlitz, Anna, 170, 224.
Vouet, Simon, 211.
Vulcan, The Expulsion of, 170, 224.
Vulcan, Story of, 169.
Warp, 232.
Watteau, AndrÉ, 126, 188.
Wauters, 87.
Weave, 194-196.
Weavers, 5.
Webb, Philip, 260.
William the Conqueror, 242.
Williamsbridge, 262.
Winterhalter, 253.
Woolsey, Cardinal, 250.
ZÈgre, Jean, 103.
Transcriber's Note
Minor typographic errors of spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been repaired. Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved as printed.
The following errors in facing page number references have been repaired:
Page 61—plate reference to page 81 amended to 82.
Page 76—plate references for the "Vertumnus and Pomona" series amended from 39 through 42 to 72 through 75.
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