Want to decorate your home with Belgian tapestries?
Then see these 5 decor ideas on how to use Belgian wall hangings to add beauty to your favorite room or home.
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Belgium is a famous source of tapestry art because of their gorgeous designs.
This plus their weaving techniques have been developed over centuries to a fine art.
Together with France and Italy, they form the European countries with produce the most popular and beautiful works.
So let’s have a look at some ideas to decorate with.

1. The Belgian Countryside

Some Belgium tapestries depict the Belgian countryside.
These include tapestries such as the Lake of Love tapestry, Children tapestry, and The Bridge tapestry.

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These works show the Belgian landscape, with its countryside of forests, rivers and lakes and characteristic buildings that complement the landscape.
The tapestry above, is a more modern style yet still has the romance of the traditional art.
Some tapestries are based on originals from the famous Oudenaarde region, the Flemish provence of Flanders.
These are the classic verdure tapestries of forest landscapes. The verdures focuses on the artistic rendition of foliage and forests.
In the 17th century, this style of tapestry of verdures were produced over the rest of Europe as an art movement.
Belgium is a country of beautiful countrysides, and these are shown in these verdures.
Such works include Verdure Cascade tapestry.
Another example is The Flemish Countryside tapestry.
In this scene we see the characteristic foliage, with a village closeby, accompanied by the villager trekking through and the ducks on the river.
These works were designed to bring nature indoors into the palaces and homes of Flanders.
Here we can see the artistic rendition of the leaves and foliage in the forest,
This is so characteristic of these Belgian verdures.

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2. Fine Art

There are also the tapestries depicting fine art.
These wall tapestries show pieces of art from various genres through European history such as the Renaissance, art inspired by literature and more.
For example, there is the Lady tapestry.

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This tapestry shows the mysterious Lady who seduces Owein, in the Arthurian tales.
There is a mystery to her origins, and the legend of her appearance to the knight of Camelot has stirred many artists to portray her.
Now from the Renaissance era comes the famous image of the cherubs or Angel tapestry by Raffael.
This is perhaps one of the most famous images of fine art, and is produced in Belgium as a fine art tapestry.
This detail comes from the Sistine Madonna from a painting by Raphael from a larger work where they flank the Madonna.
The rendition of cherubs as adorable child angels is now well known throughout the entire art world as one of the masterpieces.
With realism and a romanticism that is typical of fine art Renaissance painters, this work has a charm that is unmistakable, quite unique among the religious art works of the era.
Another example is Godspeed tapestry based on the design by Edmund Blair Leighton (1853-1922).
This castle scene shows the knight about to go on an adventure, with his lady:
This work shows the romantic and realistic art of Leighton with medieval themes and tales of life in European castles.
His scenes are filled with drama and beauty and designed with attention to detail.

3. Floral Art and Still Lifes

Flowers and floral tapestries are also a tradition of Belgian artists and weavers.
An example of the floral tapestry is the Generous Blooms tapestry:
Here we see the gorgeous still life of flowers in a vase with buds strewn across the riverside bed.
It is set in the outdoors in a misty countryside setting in contrast to many other still lifes of flowers which are set indoors.
Another floral still life is the Terracotta Bouquet tapestry:
This design is by Jan van Huysum, also known as the “phoenix of all flower painters” for his prolific works showing colorful flowers in a vase setting.
Here the variety of flowers in one arrangement is gorgeous.
The composition and color is beautiful, created by a master painter artist.

4. Royal Crests and Coat of Arms

Another theme of tapestries is the heraldry or royal crests.
These are works showing the coat of arms by families and royalty to decorate their palaces and castles.
An example of the royal crest tapestry is the Le Feu tapestry:

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This tapestry is a masterpiece of detail.
The original was a created for the convent of Saint Joseph rue Saint Dominique, and is a work that has been said to be a fantastic composition of heraldry.
It is filled with a cornucopia of heraldry of foliage motifs, helmets, scrolls, eagles and helmets.
The masterful use of color and composition here is typical of the great tapestries made from Belgium.
The blues, rusts and golds blend in beautifully with each other.
Another royal crest large wall hanging is the Olde World Crest tapestry:

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In this piece we see the lion and unicorn flanking the central shield and crowns.
The large tapestry wall hanging has a regal beauty and adds a distinctive beauty and regality.
These tapestries are filled with a dramatic presence.

5. Tree of Life

The Tree of Life is another theme that is famous, due to artists including William Morris from England, through to modern artists from all over the world portraying it.

Here we see the rendition of the Tree of Life by Belgian tapestry makers showing their mastery of the woven arts with gorgeous color, composition and weave.
Here is the Tree of Life Morris & Dearle here showing the tree of garden of Eden:

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The process of decorating with Belgian tapestries is simple.
1. Select a Belgian tapestry
2.Select a tapestry rod and tassels. Alternatively tapestry finials give an even more grand impression.
3. Make sure that the wall hanging will fit the wall
4. Install the rod and tapestry following the simple instructions and hardware included.
5. Enjoy the wonderful effect which a great tapestry has on your room and home.
There is a distinctive beauty that comes from tapestries woven by a country such and Belgium that has a wonderful tradition of tapestry weaving, to decorate your favorite room or home.
The examples above are just a small sample of what is available in the Belgian range.
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