Posts Tagged ‘Weaving’

Finding the Unicorn: Tapestries Mythical and Modern

The Unicorn Is Found Tapestry

Finding the Unicorn: Tapestries Mythical and Modern 17 April to the 1 June 201 An exhibition entitled ‘Finding the Unicorn: Tapestries Mythical and Modern‘ opens at the Fleming Collection this month in London. Based around the medieval Hunt for the Unicorn tapestry series this exhibition will feature the work of West Dean Tapestry Studio and [...]


La Dame à la Licorne

LadyAndTheUnicorn

The Lady and the Unicorn (French: La Dame à la licorne) is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries woven in Flanders of wool and silk, from designs drawn in Paris in the late fifteenth century. The suite, on display in the Musée du Moyen-Âge, is often considered one of the greatest [...]