Courtiers in a Rose Garden: A Lady and Two Gentlemen, ca. 1440–50, South Netherlandish, Wool warp; wool, silk, metallic weft yarns, Overall: 9 ft. 5 3/4 in. x 10 ft. 8 in. (288.9 x 325.1 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, This work belongs to a series of tapestries designed to cover the walls of an entire room. Such sets were often referred to in medieval inventories as 'rooms' ('chambres'). It is possible that this set was made for the French king Charles VII, whose colors were white, red, and green and one of whose emblems was the rose tree
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