History of the Chinese Emperor III French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H a meandering path leads out

a meandering path leads out into an open field

An Eastern inspired wall hanging

The apple tree is accompanied by a row of flowers in the field in the foreground to give an impression of the endless bounty of nature in this imaginary garden

muted colors

History of the Chinese Emperor III French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H a meandering path leads outThe harvesting of pineapples. From a set of ten tapestries called The History of the Chinese Emperor commissioned by Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, son of King Louis XIV, to the Beauvais Manufacture. At the end of the 17th century, the Jesuite missionaries were returning from China with tales and knowledge that were to influence the royal courts of Europe. These tapestries, very exotic for the time, were initially made for the Rambouillet castle.