European tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago

Main Author: Brosens, Koenraad.
Other Authors: Bertrand, Pascal-François, 1956-, Mayer-Thurman, Christa C.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Chicago, Ill : New Haven, Conn. : Art Institute of Chicago ; Yale University Press, [2008]
Physical Description: viii, 407 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • A collection and its donors / Christa C. Mayer Thurman
  • The tapestry medium : an introduction / Christa C. Mayer Thurman
  • Conservation of the collection / Yvan Maes De Wit
  • Franco-Flemish tapestries, 1450-1520
  • Flemish tapestries, 1500-1750 (Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Flanders)
  • French tapestries, 1600-1800 (Paris, Beauvais, Aubusson)
  • Tapestries from Basel, Italy, Holland, England, and Peru
  • Table carpets
  • Marks and signatures.