Tree Squirrel French Pillow Cover Pillow Covers Madame de Pompadour

Madame de Pompadour

It is based on an embroidered silk door-curtain designed by Henry Dearle in 1890

Maximilian I the emperor of the Burgundian Netherlands from 1477 was a passionate lover of tapestries

is featured standing tall among the surrounding foliage and trees

Tree Squirrel French Pillow Cover Pillow Covers Madame de PompadourTree Squirrel is woven in the jacquard style. This wonderful European tapestry pillow cover is an extract from the famous set of 6 medieval tapestries Lady and the Unicorn. Woven in about 1511 and are now housed in the Cluny Museum, Paris. The background is done in the Mille fleur style. This panel is also called L'ecureuil.