Pont Japonnais European Wall Tapestry Flora & Still Life Throws A basket on the ground

A basket on the ground overflows with a bounty of fruits and melons

Duke of Normandy in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings

and other invading peoples as the power of the Western Roman Empire dwindled in northern Italy

Just smell the roses

Pont Japonnais European Wall Tapestry Flora & Still Life Throws A basket on the groundPont Japonnais, or Japanese Bridge, is a jacquard wall tapestry woven in Belgium based on the painting by Claude Monet, The Japanese Bridge at Giverny. Monet painted many scenes from his home at Giverny which sits on the right bank of the River Seine where the river Epte meets the Seine. In this work Monet retained a subtle linear perspective channeling the eye into depth; conserving a characteristic of naturalistic painting where the picture plane is