Napoleon III gave the tapestry to the South Kensington Museum (as the Victoria & Albert Museum was then called) in recognition of the gracious welcome and assistance given by the officals of the Museum to the French Jury at the Universal Exhibition of 1862 in London.
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Napoleon III gave the tapestry to the South Kensington Museum (as the Victoria & Albert Museum was then called) in recognition of the gracious welcome and assistance given by the officals of the Museum to the French Jury at the Universal Exhibition of 1862 in London.