Etoffes et littérature. Voyages the Romans

the Romans

Arthur Rackham's illustrations

au cœur d’une forêt de bambous

Summary: Discoveries and rediscoveries of some Merovingian necropolises Land use in the early Middle Ages in the current Yvelines department Five Merovingian huts revealed by roadworks An early medieval craft installation: the Carolingian pottery workshop of Vienne-en-Arthies Ceramic goblets as funerary offerings Medieval fabrics from the reliquaries of Faremoutiers The Merovingian necropolis of La Garenne in Gaillon-sur-Montcient Habitats and necropolises from the early Middle Ages in the Vaucouleurs valley The collections of the town of Mantes-la-Jolie

Etoffes et littérature. Voyages the RomansAmong the fabrics known as "toile de Jouy," some depict literary and musical themes that were once in vogue. By providing as many images to read as to see in furnishings, they undoubtedly represent a way to embellish interiors, while displaying culture and affirming good taste in the eyes of others, and first of all, oneself. Conducive to reverie, responding to a narrative logic, the historiated canvases quickly established themselves as a new