The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries), 1495–1505, South Netherlandish, Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, Overall: 144 7/8 x 99 in. (368 x 251.5 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, The seven individual hangings known as 'The Unicorn Tapestries,' are among the most beautiful and complex works of art from the late Middle Ages that survive. Luxuriously woven in fine wool and silk with silver and gilded threads, the tapestries vividly depict scenes associated with a hunt for the elusive, magical unicorn
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