REPAIR DEPARTMENT. BAUMGARTEN ATELIERS 229

BAUMGARTEN TAPESTRY. LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY 230

BAUMGARTEN TAPESTRY. MODERN CARTOON 231

BAUMGARTEN TAPESTRY. MODERN CARTOON 234

BAYEUX TAPESTRY. (DETAIL) 1066 242

BAYEUX TAPESTRY. (DETAIL) 1066 243

BAYEUX TAPESTRY. (DETAIL) 1066 244

MODERN AMERICAN TAPESTRY, LOUIS XV INSPIRATION 250

MODERN AMERICAN TAPESTRY FROM FRENCH INSPIRATION 251

GOBELINS TAPESTRY. LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY 252
Luxembourg, Paris

GOBELINS TAPESTRY. LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY 253
Pantheon, Paris

THE ADORATION 256
Merton Abbey Tapestry. Figures by Burne-Jones

DAVID INSTRUCTING SOLOMON IN THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE 257
Merton Abbey Tapestry. Burne-Jones, Artist

TRUTH BLINDFOLDED 258
Merton Abbey Tapestry. Byram Shaw, Artist

THE PASSING OF VENUS 260
Merton Abbey Tapestry. Cartoon by Burne-Jones

ANGELI LAUDANTES 261
Merton Abbey Tapestry

AMERICAN (BAUMGARTEN) TAPESTRY COPIED FROM THE GOTHIC 262

DRYADS AND FAUNS 263
From Herter Looms, New York, 1910

THE TAPESTRY BOOK

CHAPTER I

A FOREWORD

The commercial fact that tapestries have immeasurably increased in
value within the last five years, would have little interest were it
not that this increase is the direct result of America's awakened
appreciation of this form of art. It has come about in these latter
days that tapestries are considered a necessity in the luxurious and
elegant homes which are multiplying all over our land. And the
enormous demand thus made on the supply, has sent the prices for rare
bits into a dizzy altitude, and has made even the less perfect pieces
seem scarce and desirable.

The opinion of two shrewd men of different types is interesting as
bearing on the subject of tapestries. One with tastes fully cultivated
says impressively, "Buy good old tapestries whenever you see them, for
there