The Unicorn Tapestries
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The Unicorn Tapestries
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The Unicorn Tapestries or the Hunt of the Unicorn is a series of seven tapestries made in the South Netherlands around 1495–1505, and now in The Cloisters in New York. They were possibly designed in Paris and show a group of noblemen and hunters in pursuit of a unicorn through an idealised French landscape. The tapestries were woven in wool, metallic threads, and silk. The vibrant colours, still evident today, were produced from dye plants: weld (yellow), madder (red), and woad (blue). First rec
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Tapestry series from the early 16th century
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unicorn_Tapestries
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2024-02-19T13:15:08Z
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