Black and white tournament trumpeters, France, 16th century

Black and white trumpeters playing a fanfare, 16th century. They wear plumed caps and pink tunics, with fleurs-de-lys fanon or pennant hanging from the bugle. From a tapestry depicting the meeting of Francis I and Henry VIII of England at the Field of the Cloth of Gold 1520 in the possession of de Monbrison. France, Trompettes de Joutes. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard from Georges Duplessis's Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris, 1867. Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard was an artist, book illustrator, and interior designer

1520 16th Century 18th Century Book Illustrator Bugle Costumes Historiques Des Xvie Edmond Lechevallier-chevignard Fanfare Fleurs-de-lys Georges Duplessis Henry Viii Joust Pennant Plume Tapestry Trumpeter

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