Exclusive: Alex Scharfman unpacks each of the real-life “Unicorn Tapestries” and how they inspired the look, story, characterizations, and even ending of Death of a Unicorn.

The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, woven around 1500, have been called the ‘Mona Lisa of the Middle Ages’. While they make for breathtaking viewing, their threads are encoded with much meaning.

Her googling leads her straight to the Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505), an assembly of exquisite woven textiles that recounts the tale of a unicorn’s capture.

‘Mona Lisa of woven artworks’ goes back on display at its Paris museum home after a two-year restoration A woman admires the newly restored "The Lady and the Unicorn" tapestries during a press ...

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They are one of the art world's great enigmas, immortalised in novels, music, dance and contemporary artworks – with even a bit part in Harry Potter. As The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries are ...

The latest tapestry shows the moment at which hunters discover their prey. When found, the unicorn is kneeling to dip its horn in a poisoned burn, thereby purifying the waters.

'The Lady and the Unicorn' is a mysterious masterpiece at the Cluny Museum in Paris. Little is known about these six impressive tapestries, apart from the fact that significant color differences ...

A 14-year project to recreate the lost tapestries of James V has been completed at Stirling Castle. The project was commissioned by Historic Scotland in 2001 as part of a wider effort to restore ...

Today, we have a tapestry from the late Middle Ages (around the year 1500). As before, we’d like you to try to focus on the art for 10 full minutes, or as long as you possibly can. (You’ll be ...