Old World Map Belgian Wall Tapestry SIZE:112"W x 76"H The bouquet is embellished with

The bouquet is embellished with pomegranates

Created in 1884 by the painter and architect Charles-Louis Genuys

Old world cartographers made map-making an art form

dabbed and imprinted

These fragments were painted thousands of years ago

Old World Map Belgian Wall Tapestry SIZE:112"W x 76"H The bouquet is embellished withThis map of the world was created by the Flemish map engraver Jan Baptist Vrients in 1596. It features an ornate double hemisphere and is the second earliest printed map of the world to include allegorical vignettes around the two hemispheres. The continents of Europe, Asia, Africa and America are represented in the four corners as are animals indigenous to each area.