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Plate I

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
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The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven) · maker unknown

One of the celebrated Unicorn Tapestries, showing the tethered unicorn within a flower-filled enclosure beneath a pomegranate tree.

Date
1495–1505
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reference
467642

Record

Culture
French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
Medium
Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts
Dimensions
12 ft. 7/8 in. × 8 ft. 3 in. (368 × 251.5 cm)
Origin
France / Southern Netherlands

In the Tapestry

Associated with
The Unicorn TapestriesA

Provenance and history

  1. 1495–1505

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A
  2. B

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