Serre Napoleonienne French Wall Tapestry forest In 1890 he bought the

In 1890 he bought the house and land outright and proceeded to create the magnificent gardens he envisioned for the famous group of paintings of the place

Highly stylized

he created about 435 paintings of various species of birds

originates from a set of ten tapestries called The History of the Chinese Emperor that were initially made for the Rambouillet Castle

The others were sold

Serre Napoleonienne French Wall Tapestry forest In 1890 he bought theSerre Napoleonienne, or Grand Greenhouse, is a jacquard wall art tapestry based on a 19th century painting of the greenhouse at Chteau de Malmaison; country home of Josphine and Napoleon Bonaparte. Here Josephine endeavored to transform the large estate into the most beautiful and curious garden in Europe.