Editing Tapestry (section)

==17th century==
[[File:Everard Leyniers 001.jpg|thumb|[[Baroque]] design by [[Jacob Jordaens]], ''Creation of the Horse'', from an equine series, woven in wool, silk, gold and silver, Brussels, 1650s]]
The early part of the 17th century saw the taste for tapestry among the elite continuing, although painting was steadily gaining ground. Brussels remained much the most important weaving centre, and [[Rubens]], mostly based in [[Antwerp]] not far away, brought the grand [[Baroque]] style to the medium, with [[Jacob Jordaens]] and others also designing many.<ref name="Osborne, 760">Osborne, 760</ref>  In later generations important designers included [[Justus van Egmont]] (d. 1674), [[Ludwig van Schoor]] (d. 1702) and [[Jan van Orley]] (d. 1735, the last of a [[Bernard van Orley#Other artists in the family van Orley|long-lasting dynasty]]).  The Brussels workshops declined somewhat in the second half of the century, both as large [[Flemish Baroque painting]]s took some of their market, and French competition squeezed the remaining niche for tapestries.<ref name="Osborne, 760"/>

Production in Paris revived from 1608, flagging in the civil wars of the 1640s, but starting again in 1658 when [[Nicolas Fouquet]] founded a workshop. After his fall [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert|Colbert]] mostly merged this to the new [[Gobelins Manufactory]] he founded for the king in 1663, which continues to this day.  The [[Beauvais Manufactory]], always a private enterprise, was founded by Colbert in 1664, but only became significant from twenty years later.  [[Aubusson tapestry]], probably a continuation of earlier small workshops, continued but was to become more significant in the next century. The Gobelins works, fed designs in the latest [[Style Louis XIV]] by the court artists, became increasingly dominant over the rest of the century, and by 1700 was the most admired and imitated workshop in Europe.<ref>Osborne, 760–761</ref>

The [[Mortlake Tapestry Works]] outside London were founded in 1619, with encouragement from King [[Charles I of England]], using Flemish weavers at the start, and in the 1620s and 1630s were producing some of the best quality tapestry in Europe.  The Medici workshop in Florence continued, and from 1630 was joined by one in Rome, started by Cardinal [[Francesco Barberini (1597–1679)|Francesco Barberini]] with the inevitable imported Flemish director.  Both the Mortlake and Rome workshops petered out around the end of the century.  In Germany, workshops were established in [[Munich]] in 1604, and some nine further cities by the end of the century, many sponsored by the local ruler.<ref>Osborne, 762–764</ref>