Guy Delmarcel’s recent book is a survey of tapestries produced in what is now Belgium and Northern France from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. Flemish Tapestries is a luxuriously illustrated book, including numerous tapestries which have not been reproduced previously. Published almost simultaneously in French, Dutch, and English, the book was financed by the Ministry of Flemish Culture. In contrast to some of his earlier specialized and minutely documented contributions to tapestry history (among many others, his study with Clifford M. Brown, Tapestries for the Courts of Federico II, Ercole, and Ferrante Gonzago. 1522-1563, or his catalogue with Erik Duverger of tapestry production in Bruges, Bruges et la Tapisserie), this book is directed toward a more general reader, providing a synthesis of both his work and that of other studies on this period of tapestry production. The English version of the text, however, suffers from numerous awkward phrases and misused expressions. The book is organized according to traditional art-historical periods: one chapter is devoted to the Middle Ages, one to the Renaissance, one to Baroque, and one to the eighteenth century. Each chapter presents an overview of tapestry production in individual centers during this chronological span, followed by a...