Unicorn Tapestry at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park, NYC. The Unicorn in Captivity.

Unicorn Tapestry at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park, NYC. The seven individual hangings known as "The Unicorn Tapestries," are among the most beautiful and complex works of art from the late Middle Ages that survive. Luxuriously woven in fine wool and silk with silver and gilded threads, the tapestries vividly depict scenes associated with a hunt for the elusive, magical unicorn..

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Unicorn Tapestry at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park, NYC. The seven individual hangings known as "The Unicorn Tapestries," are among the most beautiful and complex works of art from the late Middle Ages that survive. Luxuriously woven in fine wool and silk with silver and gilded threads, the tapestries vividly depict scenes associated with a hunt for the elusive, magical unicorn..