Vaux-le-Vicomte November French Wall Tapestry Bakery An Eastern inspired tapestry

An Eastern inspired tapestry

providing the key to the allegory

Max is surrounded by whimsically named literary works while he naps away on a newspaper

A large and unique wall tapestry this is

Vaux-le-Vicomte November French Wall Tapestry Bakery An Eastern inspired tapestryThis design is taken from a series of engravings of the 18th century, exhibited at the castle of Vaux le Vicomte in France. The series consists of 12 engravings. Each of them illustrates a month of the year. The castle, built between 1656 and 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finance for Louis XIV, was a masterwork of three gifted artists: Le Vau, Le Brun, and Le Notre who later designed the palace and gardens at Versailles.