The Lady and the Unicorn
Six tapestries on the five senses and a sixth, enigmatic one: ‘My only desire’.
The tapestries were found in a château in France and made famous by the writer George Sand. They hang in a round room in the Musée de Cluny in Paris, the national museum of the Middle Ages.
Materials: Wool and silk
Manufacture: Woven after Paris designs, probably in Flanders; the figures stand on a red ground full of flowers (millefleurs).
The red ground with a thousand small flowers and animals – millefleurs.
The lion and unicorn holding the arms of the Le Viste family.