... 800 artists and weavers, producing tapestries solely for King Louis XIV. At his death an inventory of the Kings furniture contained no less than 2,155 Goblein tapestries. During the French Revolution, many tapestries were burned for their gold and silver threads. By the mid seventeenth century the political and cultural climate affected the tapestry weaving industry, and in 1665 an ancient tapestry workshop at Aubusson was granted a royal ... throughout Europe. Interior decoration became very elaborate during the second half of the eighteenth century with the use of more furniture, and ...

• Word Count: 3570
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

... the status of an instrument par excellence by the nobility. Soon after, the French revolution caused many nobles to be exiled and surprisingly the guitar actually became more popular as the general public adopted the instrument. Sor played the guitar as a solo instrument at the London Philharmonic Concert in 1817. Paganinni was also active, playing and writing for the guitar as well as the violin. Stradivarius made guitars as well as violins. At the end of the ... 19th century, the guitar had ... ...

• Word Count: 1388
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... the status of an instrument par excellence by the nobility. Soon after, the French revolution caused many nobles to be exiled and surprisingly the guitar actually became more popular as the general public adopted the instrument. Sor played the guitar as a solo instrument at the London Philharmonic Concert in 1817. Paganinni was also active, playing and writing for the guitar as well as the violin. Stradivarius made guitars as well as violins. At the end of the ... 19th century, the guitar had ... ...

• Word Count: 1385
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School