Mucha Autumn European Wall Tapestry Bayeux Orleans Floral : this table

Orleans Floral : this table runner tapestry shows a dance between rose arabesques and small flowers

It depicts in detail the events that led to the Norman Conquest of England and resulting Battle of Hastings in 1066

Tal Waldman of Talva Design won first prize at the Jules Pansu Ville de Paris event in 2009 with this remarkable tapestry design

This tapestry is a rendition of the early 15th century series called Chasse a la Licorne or The Hunt of the Unicorn

1662) as it looked prior to its expansion by Louis XIV

Mucha Autumn European Wall Tapestry Bayeux Orleans Floral : this tableMucha Autumn is a Belgian made jacquard woven wall tapestry. In this work by Czechoslovakian artist Alphonse Mucha (1860 1939). Autumn is personified in a piece from his The Seasons series, 1900. An ethereal woman poses with a basket of the harvest. Her gown is heavily beaded and she wears a beaded headband on her hair. A red draped chair is behind her and the background forms a stylized outdoor setting to create a dreamlike setting to the scene.