Conquests of Louis XIV
 
Date Description Source Reference
17th century One stripped bell tent (part shown) and three stripped wedge tents. 

Vertical stripes (thick stripes surrounded by two then stripes on the bell tent roof, apex guy rope, and three point guy rope attachment. 

One of the wedge tents shown as an end guy rope, the wedge tents are stripped in the same fashion as the bell tent but with a lighter background.

 Figure 58. “Conquests of Louis XIV”. Bivouac scene. Tapestry, XVIIth century. Black and white picture. Lejard, A., Ed., French Tapestry, London, 1946, p. 51.
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