History of the Chinese Emperor III French Wall Tapestry Unicorns Each of the original 12

Each of the original 12 tapestries depicted a different castle at each month of the year

taking the viewer to an enchanting place

A rich border of fruit

This hunting scene was created by the famous French animal painter

Africa and America are represented in the four corners as are animals indigenous to each area

History of the Chinese Emperor III French Wall Tapestry Unicorns Each of the original 12The harvesting of pineapples. From a set of ten tapestries called The History of the Chinese Emperor commissioned by Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, son of King Louis XIV, to the Beauvais Manufacture. At the end of the 17th century, the Jesuite missionaries were returning from China with tales and knowledge that were to influence the royal courts of Europe. These tapestries, very exotic for the time, were initially made for the Rambouillet castle.