Translating from one language to another, unless it is from Greek and Latin, the queens of all languages, is like looking at Flemish tapestries from the wrong side, for although the figures are visible, they are covered by threads that obscure them, and cannot be seen with the smoothness and color of the right side.
Quotes about tapestries (4 Quotes)
This was not the very finest quality of weaving with gold thread, of the kind that was being produced for the leading courts of the day by the Brussels workshops. Rather, it reflects the sort of medium-quality tapestries that the Florence workshops were producing at this time for use in the Medici palaces. Still, the pride they must have felt, knowing this would be destined to go to Como. Tapestry was such an important part of the theatrical presentation of the day. It was the whole stage set against which the formal side of life was acted out.
There are a surprising number of tapestries that survived from the 16th to 18th century. You can find a 17th-century tapestry for 3,000 to 4,000, and then there are half-million-dollar tapestries.
They do weave reproductions of classic tapestries, but they're also creating new tapestries.