History of the Chinese Emperor III French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H the lady stands in front

the lady stands in front of a tent

Huet (1745-1811)

An Eastern inspired wall hanging

a meandering path leads out into an open field

and eating galettes

History of the Chinese Emperor III French Wall Tapestry SIZE:58"W x 58"H the lady stands in frontThe 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.