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Cleveland Tapestry Exhibition
Cleveland Tapestry Exhibition
Article · 9 pages
Article by George Leland Hunter on the loan exhibition of tapestries he organized for the Cleveland Museum of Art. He argues for the practical and inspirational value of tapestries for fashion, design and American textile industries, and for the importance of texture in tapestry weaving. He comments on illustrated pieces including King Arthur (14th c. Gothic), Hospitality, The Messenger, Flora, May from the Months of Lucas, Don Quixote Killing Sheep, and Vertumnus and Pomona, and lists the lenders.
Renaissance Tapestries
Renaissance Tapestries
Article · 4 pages
A 1914 magazine article by George Leland Hunter surveying Renaissance tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of New York. It discusses the Mercury and Herse panels woven in Brussels by Willem Van Pannemaker, the Roman Triumph and Roman Colosseum tapestries, Grotesque-ornament panels, verdure tapestries, and a set of German Story of Christ panels. It also mentions the Raphael Acts of the Apostles and Scipio series for context. Illustrated with halftone photographs of several tapestries.

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