Twelve silk woven tapestries with wool thread stitched detailing are now on view at the Moshe Tabibnia Gallery (Milan, 8-30 November 2007).

This cycle of tapestries featuring the theme of the twelve months by Les Gobelins, also known as Les douze mois grotesques or Mois grotesque par bandes, is an early version (1710-30) of the Editio Princeps (1709) commissioned by Louis XIV, the Roi Soleil, for his son Louis, Dauphin of France. The Deities, Monkeys and Signs of the Zodiac exhibition is an important event taking place in Milan: besides offering the possibility to admire the beauty of these antique tapestries, it virtually places the city into an "international circuit". Scholars, connoisseurs and collectors of antique textile arts will have the chance, in Milan, to observe, study and learn more about this cycle of tapestries after attending three related major events: the exhibition Les Gobelins 1607-2007 / Revealed Treasures: Four Centuries of Creation (Paris, 12 May - 30 September 2007), timed to coincide with the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Manufacture des Gobelins; Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor, the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 17 October 2007 - 6 January 2008); and the international symposium that also took place in New York on 20-21 October 2007. The magnificent, rarely seen cycle of tapestries on view at Moshe Tabibnia Gallery is extremely important from the historical, artistic and collecting point of view.