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This places him on a higher plane than that of mere weaver, and makes the term tapissier seem fitter.

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905

Such quantity of detail, so many human faces with their varying expressions, could only be woven by the most adroit tapissier.

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905

Gradually it came about that expedition in a tapissier, the ability to weave quickly, was as great a desideratum as fine work.

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905

It was as early as 1885 that he began; was cartoonist, dyer, tapissier, all, for the experiment, which was a small square of verdure after the manner of the Gothic, curling big acanthus leaves about a softened rose, a mingling of greens of ocean and shady reds.

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905

The weave is smooth and even, speaking for the work of the tapissier or weaver, although time has distorted the faces beyond the lines of absolute beauty; and hatching accomplishes the shading.

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905

If it is to be the tapissier, then to him all credit, for in this and similar work he has reached a care in execution and a talent in translation that are inspired.

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905

When the Raphael cartoons first came to Brussels the new method was a little difficult for the tapissier.

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905

A tapissier was an artist with whom a loom took place of an easel, and whose brush was a shuttle, and whose colour-medium was thread instead of paints.

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905

[6] For extensive reading see Guiffrey, "Nicolas Bataille, tapissier parisien," and "L'Histoire General de la Tapisserie," the section called "Les Tapisseries Francaises."

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905

In times past, the tapissier -- with talent almost as great as that of the cartoonist -- altered at his discretion.

The Tapestry Book Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee 1905