Jagaloon Underwood Belgian Wall Tapestry Coastal/Nautical eldest daughter of James I

eldest daughter of James I of Scotland kisses the poet Alain Chartier's lips for the beautiful things they had said - "la praecieuse bouche de laquelle sont issus et sortis tant de bons mots et vertueses sentences

God Speed was the first of several paintings by Leighton on the subject of chivalry

a meandering path leads out into an open field

it is one of the most elegant and intricately woven tapestries ever created

Best estimates are that the original was woven in the 17th century and that it was a coat of arms used as a design for an extravagant door

Jagaloon Underwood Belgian Wall Tapestry Coastal/Nautical eldest daughter of James IThis is a brand new tapestry reproduction. The original tapestry was part of the Jagaloon tapestries, also called the Jagiellonian tapestries, which consisted of 365 tapestries assembled by the Jagiellons to decorate the interiors of the royal Wawel Castle in Krakw, Poland. The collection is also collectively known as the Wawel Arrasses. They were commissioned by the King of Poland and were woven in the Netherlands and Flanders in the mid 16th century.