中文简介：

瓦卢瓦挂毯是16世纪***的挂毯之一，其特点是用羊毛、丝绸和贵金属包裹的线编织而成，描绘了宫廷盛况的详细场景和法国瓦卢瓦王朝成员的真人大小肖像。然而，多年来学者们一直在探索挂毯的委托情况和抵达佛罗伦萨美第奇宫廷的具体情况，以及所描绘的具体场景的意义。本书对瓦卢瓦和美第奇宫廷的政治活动进行了新的研究，并提供了近来清洗挂毯时收集的大量物理分析，为这些宏伟作品的制作原因和所代表的意义提供了全新的见解。

英文简介：

Featuring detailed scenes of court pageantry and life-size portraits of members of the French Valois dynasty woven in wool, silk, and precious metal-wrapped threads, the Valois Tapestries are one of the most extravagant sets of hangings produced in the 16th century. The precise circumstances surrounding the tapestries' commission and their arrival at the Medici court in Florence, as well as the significance of the specific scenes depicted, however, have eluded scholars for years. Presenting new research into the political maneuvering of the Valois and Medici courts and providing extensive physical analysis gathered during a recent cleaning of the tapestries, this volume offers brand new insight into why these magnificent works were made and what they represent.