Unicorn tapestries

Unicorn have been described since antiquity. The medieval unicorn is a wild creature, a sybol of purity and grace. Tiles based on the medieval unicorn tapestries.

How two mathematicians came to the aid of the Met.

The Lady and the Unicorn (French: La Dame a la licorne) is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries woven in Flanders of wool and silk, fr

A MILLE FLEURS TAPESTRY WITH A UNICORN AND A STAG IN A FIELD OF FLOWERS

The enigmatic story of the Unicorn Tapestries, whose multifarious medieval symbolism still beguiles.

Did you know “The Unicorn in Captivity,” on view at #TheCloisters museum and gardens, was featured in “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”? The Unicorn in Captivity (from the Unicorn Tapestries), 1495–1505. South Netherlandish. #metmuseum #BacktoHogwarts #HarryPotter #Hogwarts

New York City, Metropolitan Museum, The Cloisters The Unicorn Tapestries on “the hunt of the unicorn” Series of seven Flemish tapestries from around 1500 CE

Unicorn have been described since antiquity. The medieval unicorn is a wild creature, a sybol of purity and grace. Tiles based on the medieval unicorn tapestries.

The tapestries are considered to be some of the greatest surviving masterpieces of medieval European art. Read more here.