3746299 Courtiers in a Rose Garden: A Lady and Two Gentlemen, c.1440??0 (wool, silk and metal) by Netherlandish School, (15th century); 288.9x325.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: South Netherlandish Wool warp; wool, silk, metallic weft yarns One a series of tapestries designed to cover the walls of a room, referred to in medieval inventories as "rooms" ("chambres"). Possibly made for the French king Charles VII whose emblem was the rose tree and his colours red, white and green. Tapestries served the practical function of insulation and constituted a visible and portable declaration of their owner\'s wealth and taste. ).