Example sentences for: tapestries

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  • Mycenaean figurines and pottery, Classical Greek and Roman sculpture, and Byzantine icons, frescoes and tapestries are all well-displayed and illustrate very effectively the varied influences that make up the history of the city.

  • But the museum’s most celebrated treasures are the late 15th-century tapestries, especially Lady with the Unicorn, depicting the five senses and the temptations she vows to overcome.

  • The apartments beyond are hung with Flemish tapestries recording Charles V’s Tunis Expedition of 1535, one of them showing an upside-down map of the Mediterranean.

  • Inside, on the first floor, is a museum of typical Florentine domestic life from the 14th to 16th centuries, with furniture, utensils, and ceramics — the most attractive are in the Sala dei Pappagalli (Parrots’ Hall) with its trompe l’œil tapestries frescoed on the walls.

  • The Paço Episcopal (Bishop’s Palace) is home to a regional museum, displaying a splendid collection of highly elaborate colchas (bedspreads), as well as 16th-century tapestries.


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