uke of, 33.

La Marche, 157, 158.

La Planche, Raphael de, 96, 165, 166.

Laurent, Henri, 95, 96, 109.

Lebrun, 74, 99, 103, 104, 107, 109-120, 188, 203, 209, 211, 212,
213.

Lefevre (or Lefebvre), 98, 109, 126, 222, 223.

Leipzig, 152.

Leleu, 105.

Leo X, Pope, 70, 71, 86.

Leonardo da Vinci, 90.

Le Pape, 147.

Leprince, 151.

Lerambert, Henri, 94, 211.

Lettering, 183-184, 203.

Leyniers, Nicolas, 221.

Liege, tapestries of, 48.

_Life of Marie de Medici_, 197.

_Life of the King_, 114, 144, 188.

Lisse, 3, 193.

Loches, church of, 41.

London, 165.

"Long wool" (_longue laine_), 160.

Looms, 3, 226-230.

Lorenzo the Magnificent, 86.

Louis XI, 36, 47, 48, 50, 54.

Louis XII, 48.

Louis XIII, 98.

Louis XIV, 10, 97-107, 117, 118, 122, 129, 145, 155-157, 161, 188,
203, 211, 212.

Louis XV, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133, 135, 136, 150, 162, 191, 205,
213.

Louis XVI, 133, 136, 137, 152, 162.

Louvois, 116-121.

Louvre, 97, 108, 109, 115, 160, 161.

_Loves of the Gods_, 132.

Low-warp, 3, 78, 109, 114, 147, 157, 158, 193, 227, 228, 230.

Maecht, Philip de, 166, 170, 223, 224.

Maincy, factory of. _See_ Vaux.

Maintenon, Mme. de, 118, 122, 124.

Mangelschot, 138.

Mantegna, Andrea, 61, 73, 81, 171.

Manufactory, Royal (Aubusson), 156.

Marie Antoinette, 133, 137, 152.

_Marie de Medici, Life of_, 197.

Marie Therese, 118.

Marks, 216-224.

Martel, Charles, 154, 155.

Mary's Chamber at Holyrood, 65.

Master-weaver, 6.

Matilda (Queen), 21, 242, 245.

_Mausolus and Artemisia_, 93.

Mazarin, Cardinal, 59, 100.

Mazarin tapestry, 56, 196.

Medici, 84, 92, 94.

_Meleager and Atalanta_, 222.

Memling, 55.

Mercier, Pierre, 157.

_Mercury_, 75, 76, 78, 196.

Merton Abbey, 252, 257-261.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15, 40, 42, 46, 52, 58, 59, 76, 80,
162, 170, 174, 176, 187, 210, 238.

Meulen, Francois de la, 114.

Michael Angelo, 84.

Micou, 148.

Middle Ages, 5, 6, 7, 19, 21, 27, 42, 201.

Mignard, Pierre, 119, 120, 121.

Millefleurs, 4, 13.

Missals, 5.

Monasteries, influence of, 21, 22.

Montespan, Mme. de, 118, 131, 148.

Montezert,