Mercanti I Italian Wall Tapestry 40-49 Inches Wide Tapestries with medallions were generally

Tapestries with medallions were generally used to decorate royal or bourgeois mansions

William boards one of his vessels leaving for England

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Mercanti I Italian Wall Tapestry 40-49 Inches Wide Tapestries with medallions were generallyThis artwork comes from an 18th century painting by Francesco Guardi detailing merchants waiting for arrival of the ship at port. The city of Venice originated as a collection of lagoon communities banded together for mutual defense from the Lombards, Huns, and other invading peoples as the power of the Western Roman Empire dwindled in northern Italy. This tapestry gives us a historical view of the harbor of the ancient city.