WAWEL CASTLE TAPESTRIES IN MINIATURE
The album contains 9 reproductions of tapestries (decorative fabrics) on canvas. Among them. Among them:
Arras chair cover, with flower vase, made after 1553 in Brussels on the order of Polish King Sigismund Augustus for the Wawel Castle, from wool, silk and silver thread, gilded.
Arras with animals "Fight between a dragon and a cheetah", according to a cartoon by Wihelm Tons (?), made after 1553 in Brussels, commissioned by the Polish king Sigismund Augustus for the Wawel castle. Wool, silk and silver thread, gilded.
Tapestry with satyrs and initials of Polish King Sigismund Augustus, made to his order in Brussels after 1553 for the Wawel Castle. Wool, silk and silver thread, gilded.
Arras with the coat of arms of Poland and the Korczak coat of arms, as well as the Latin inscription "Scabellum pedum tuorum" and the date 1560, presented to the Polish King Sigismund Augustus by Krzysztof Krupski, starosta of Horodels. Brussels, 1560 Wool, silk and silver thread, gilt.
Author and publisher: no information, Cracow.Dimensions.18x23cm.Linen binding. Good condition.
