_Guiffrey, J. J. L'Histoire de la Tapisserie. Tours_, 1886.
A narrative history, now superseded in a number of respects.
_Guiffrey, J. J. L'Histoire de la Tapisserie en France_ (_L'Histoire générale de la Tapisserie_). _Paris_, 1878-85.
A compilation of all the facts available at the time, and still an important fundamental reference work.
_Guiffrey, J. J. Les Tapisseries du XIIe à la fin du XVIe Siècle. Paris, n. d._
The most detailed survey of the period, but unfortunately poorly organized. Superbly illustrated.
*_Hunter, George Leland. Tapestries: Their Origin, History, and Renaissance. New York_, 1912.
An unsystematic assemblage of facts, not all of which are correct, and many of which are irrelevant.
_Migeon, Gaston. Les Arts de Tissu_ (_Troisième Partie_). _Paris_, 1909.
A complete and readable account of the history of tapestry, with some excellent interpretations.
_Müntz, Eugène. L'Histoire de la Tapisserie en Italie, en Allemagne, etc._ (_L'Histoire générale de la Tapisserie_). _Paris_, 1878-85.
Similar to Guiffrey's volume in the same series.
_Müntz, Eugène. La Tapisserie. Paris_, 1883.
A brief presentation of the general history, superseded at some points, but with valuable illuminating interpretations.
_Pinchart, A. L'Histoire de la Tapisserie dans les Flandres_ (_L'Histoire générale de la Tapisserie_). _Paris_, 1878-85.
Similar to the other volumes of the same series.
_Schmitz, Herman. Bild-Teppiche. Berlin_, 1919.
By far the most systematic, scholarly, complete, and informing book yet published on the subject.
*_Thomson, W. G. A History of Tapestry. New York_, 1906.
A conventional history with useful tables of marks, but limited by being illustrated entirely with examples in England.
*_Thomson, W. G. Tapestry Weaving in England. New York_, 1914.
The fundamental reference on this aspect of the subject, with full reproduction of documents.
In addition to the above titles, there are a great number of monographs on various phases of the subject, many of which are excellent. For example: _Thièry, Les Inscriptions des Tapisseries de Jean Van Room, Louvain_, 1907, is an able piece of work, a model of exact scholarship. The majority of these monographs are of interest only to the special student. Schmitz refers to the more important of them in his foot-notes.