As Mathews explains, tapestries are often large, sometimes even taking up an entire wall—so designs that add ... In fact, Mathews owns an 18th-century French tapestry that measures 8' by 14 ...

Instead of a large force attacking ... 10,000 French were killed or wounded as opposed to only 1,500 empire forces, so complete was the victory. The tapestries were designed by Bernard van Orley ...