A ROYAL WINDSOR TAPESTRY FROM THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR SERIES

The initials are those of Henri C. J. Henry, the Director, and Michel Brignolas, the weaver/dyer and manager of the Windsor Tapestry Manufactory. N 6 is the tapestry number in the series of 9, including the tapestry portrait of Queen Victoria.
The Old Windsor Tapestry Manufactory was one of only two tapestry works to be established in England in the 19th Century, the other being that of William Morrisat Merton Abbey, The Manufactory enjoyed royal patronage as Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the youngest son of Queen Victoria, enthusiastically supported the project, becoming its President.