French Hand Printed Medieval Tapestry, 1950s

Description

Mid-Century french tapestry with beautiful design of Hopscotch game and fruit picking, from the Tenture de la Noble Pastorale, It’s … more Mid-Century french tapestry with beautiful design of Hopscotch game and fruit picking, from the Tenture de la Noble Pastorale, It’s an reproduction of a medieval tapestry, This tapestry is part of a series of three pieces, commonly called The Noble Pastoral tapestry: "pastoral" because it describes various activities of shepherds and shepherdesses, and "noble" because it mainly depicts young lords and nobles ladies playing shepherds. These "sheepfolds" were very fashionable at the end of the Middle Ages throughout Europe, because they were both eminently decorative and less expensive to make than the large historiated suites. (source: Louvre Museum website, text Marie-Hélène de Ribou). Hand printed in cotton foundation. less