Tapestries (12th-17th centuries)
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St. Michael
1156-90
Tapestry
Liebfrauenkirche, Halberstadt


The Concord of Church and State
1190s
Tapestry
Schlossmuseum, Quedlinburg


Game of cards
15th century
Tapestry
Historisches Museum, Basel


Apocalypse (detail)
c. 1380
Tapestry, height 430 cm
Chateau d'Angers, Angers


Apocalypse (detail)
c. 1380
Tapestry, height 430 cm
Chateau d'Angers, Angers


A Mon Seul Désir
1490s
Tapestry, 376 x 452 cm
Musée de Cluny, Paris


Nine Heroes
1480s
Tapestry
Historisches Museum, Basel


Sight
c. 1500
Wool and silk, 300 x 303 cm
Musée de Cluny, Paris


Sight (detail)
c. 1500
Wool and silk, 300 x 303 cm
Musée de Cluny, Paris


Scenes from the Life of the Virgin
1638-57
Tapestry
Cathedral Museum, Strasbourg


Scenes from the Life of the Virgin
1638-57
Tapestry
Cathedral Museum, Strasbourg


Throne Upholstery
1470s
Silk
Hungarian National Museum, Budapest


Textile fragment
15th century
Red cut velvet with gold foil, 165 x 82 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence


Lorenzo de' Medici and His Artists in the Sculpture Garden
1571
Wall tapestry, warp and weft, wool, 425 x 455 cm
Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa


The Union of the Duchy of Urbino with the Church
1669-70
Wool and silk tapestry, 400 x 530 cm
Musei Vaticani, Vatican


Urban VIII Consecrates St Peter's Basilica
1660s
Wool and silk tapestry
Musei Vaticani, Vatican


Portable Altar
1700-10
Wood, textiles and embroidery in various materials, 225 x 177 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence


The Offering of the Heart
c. 1410
Tapestry
Musée du Louvre, Paris


The Annunciation
1410s
Woollen tapestry, 345 X 290 cm
The Cloisters Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


A Ballad
c. 1420
Tapestry
Musée des Tapisseries, Angers


Scenes of the Passion of Christ
1470-90
Tapestry, 300 x 460 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


The Unicorn in Captivity
1495-1505
Wood, silk, metallic threads, 368 x 252 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


The Holy Family
1490-1505
Wool, silk and silver tapestry, 125 x 135 cm
Musei Vaticani, Vatican


The End of the Hunt
15th century
Tapestry
Victoria and Albert Museum, London


Armchair, upholstered with tapestry
1650-75
Walnut, tapestry, 113 x 61 x 67 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


Armchair, upholstered with tapestry
1650-75
Walnut, tapestry, 105 x 62 x 47 cm
Private collection


Tablecloth with Flora in a cartouche
1660-80
Tapestry, woll and silk, 194 x 275 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


Merry Company by Candlelight
1640s
Tapestry, 380 x 300 cm
Private collection


The Creation
11th century
Tapestry
Cathedral Treasury, Gerona



Summary of tapestries
Tapestries by unknown weavers
14th-17th centuries
Bayeux Tapestry (c. 1080)
Tapestries by known weavers and designers



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