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date: 21 May 2025

Brussels tapestries. 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Author(s):
Ian ChilversIan Chilvers

Tapestries woven at factories in Brussels, which during the 16th and 17th centuries was one of the most important centres in Europe for the art. Production of tapestries began in the city in the 14th century or possibly earlier, and in ... ...

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