T is for Tapestry

In the late Middle Ages, tapestry production, whose origins lay in the East and classical antiquity, was one of the most prominent crafts in Western Europe. Numerous widely-scattered workshops in France already foreshadowed the royal factories of the future. Flanders, c. 1600. Attributed to the workshop of Jan Raes in Enghien, "Pugnae Ferarum" tapestry in silk, wool and silver thread, featuring a fight between a horse and a lion, 342 x 507 cm/11.2 x 16.6 ft.Paris, Tuesday 19 January 2021. Coutau-Bégarie auction house. Mr. Kassapian.Result: €90,160 In the 11th century, a few weavers who had moved to Limoges and Poitiers,