Colorful Tudor-era rugs on display as part of the Tapestries and Armor collection at the Legion of Honor Museum of Art, San Francisco — August 2023.

Triumph of Justice, from The Triumph of the Seven Virtues series (ca. 1535 )

b

Luttrell table carpet, England or Southern Netherlands, 1514-1580

This tapestry is a ceremonial table covering that proclaimed the affluence, influence, and noble lineage of the Luttrell family. It was possibly commissioned by an independent and wealthy nmember of that family, the widowed Dame Margaret Luttrell, and was either imported from Flanders or made in London by Flemish weavers who had fled religious persecution. The design surrounding the family armorials is unlike anything woven in Europe: bold and powerful, playing on traditional British Celtic knotwork, comparable to contemporary plasterwork and garden mazes — with the ground pairing honeysuckle and daisies with Tudor roses — Museum information card

Division of the Booty, from 10-piece set of the Story of David and Bathsheba, ca. 1526-1528