II ANTIQUITY 15

III MODERN AWAKENING 25

IV FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 15TH CENTURY 32

V HIGH GOTHIC 51

VI RENAISSANCE INFLUENCE 64

VII RENAISSANCE TO RUBENS 72

VIII ITALY, 15TH THROUGH 17TH CENTURIES 81

IX FRANCE 90

X THE GOBELINS FACTORY 105

XI THE GOBELINS FACTORY (_Continued_) 117

XII THE GOBELINS FACTORY (_Continued_) 126

XIII THE GOBELINS FACTORY (_Continued_) 135

XIV BEAUVAIS 145

XV AUBUSSON 154

XVI SAVONNERIE 159

XVII MORTLAKE 163

XVIII IDENTIFICATIONS 172

XIX IDENTIFICATIONS (_Continued_) 186

XX BORDERS 201

XXI TAPESTRY MARKS 216

XXII HOW IT IS MADE 226

XXIII THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY 241

XXIV TO-DAY 249

BEST PERIODS AND THEIR DATES 265

INDEX 267

ILLUSTRATIONS

HERSE AND MERCURY (_Coloured Plate_) _Frontispiece_
Renaissance Brussels Tapestry, Italian Cartoon. W. de
Pannemaker, weaver. Collection of George Blumenthal,
Esq., New York

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CHINESE TAPESTRY 14
Chien Lung Period

COPTIC TAPESTRY 15
About 300 A. D.

COPTIC TAPESTRY 16
Boston Museum of Fine Arts

COPTIC TAPESTRY 17
Boston Museum of Fine Arts

TAPESTRY FOUND IN GRAVES IN PERU 18
Date prior to Sixteenth Century

THE SACRAMENTS (_Coloured Plate_)