"Le château de Chambord, le mois de Septembre" (Château de Chambord, the month of September)

Made by the Manufacture royale des Gobelins, the tapestry is part of a series called "La tenture des Mois" (Wall hanging of the Months), or "Maisons royales" (Royal houses), a real work of propaganda carried out for the King Louis XIV between 1666 and 1669. Each of the 12 tapestries was designed along the same lines: to each month of the year, symbolised by a sign of the zodiac, corresponds one of the main royal châteaux. 

It fits completely naturally into a specially converted space for the occasion that evokes Louis XIV's stays at Chambord. 

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• New acquisition (Domaine national de Chambord)