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Featuring detailed scenes of court pageantry and life-size portraits of members of the French Valois dynasty woven in wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the Valois Tapestries are one of the most extravagant sets of hangings produced in the 16th century. The precise circumstances surrounding the tapestries' commission and their arrival at the Medici court in Florence, as well as the significance of the specific scenes depicted, however, have eluded scholars for years. Presenting new research into the political maneuvering of the Valois and Medici courts and providing extensive physical analysis gathered during a recent cleaning of the tapestries, this volume offers brand new insight into why these magnificent works were made and what they represent.

Tapestry, Flemish --- Nobility --- History --- Catherine de Médicis, --- Art patronage --- Valois tapestries --- Burgundy (France) --- Toegepaste kunst. Kunstambachten --- tapisserieën --- Huis Valois [Dynastie] --- Medici, de', Catharina [Koningin van Frankrijk] --- Exhibitions. --- Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- tapestries --- House of Valois [Dynasty] --- Medici, de', Catherine [Queen of France] --- Noble class --- Noble families --- Nobles (Social class) --- Peerage --- Upper class --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Titles of honor and nobility --- Catherine de Médicis, --- Medici, Catherine de, --- De Medici, Catherine, --- De Médicis, Catherine, --- Médicis, Catherine de, --- Catharine de' Medici, --- Katharine de Médicis, --- Ekaterina Medichi, --- Medichi, Ekaterina, --- Feasts at the Valois court --- Bourgogne (France) --- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (France) --- Exhibitions --- tapijtkunst --- renaissance (historisch tijdvak, doorheen de 16e eeuw) --- restauratie --- conservatie --- Valois-Dynastie --- De' Medici, Catharina (koningin van Frankrijk) --- tapijtkunst. --- restauratie. --- conservatie. --- Valois-Dynastie. --- De' Medici, Catharina (koningin van Frankrijk).