The Lady and the Unicorn
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The Lady and the Unicorn is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries created in the style of mille-fleurs and woven in Flanders from wool and silk, from designs drawn in Paris around 1500.
The Lady and the Unicorn: À mon seul désir (Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris)
The Dame à la licorne room at the Musée de Cluny, 2015
Touch, 3.15 m × 3.58 m (10.3 ft × 11.7 ft)
Taste, 3.75 m × 4.60 m (12.3 ft × 15.1 ft)
Musée de Cluny
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The Musée de Cluny, officially Musée de Cluny-Musée National du Moyen Âge, is a museum of medieval art in Paris. It is located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, bordered by square Samuel-Paty to the
The Lady and the Unicorn
…thousand flowers") and woven in Flanders from wool and silk, from designs ("cartoons") drawn in Paris around 1500. The set is on display in the Musée de Cluny in Paris. Five of the tapestries are commonly interpreted as depicting the five senses – taste, hearing, sight, smell, and touch. The sixth displays…
Exterior view of the Musée de Cluny
Caldarium of the Thermes de Cluny
Roman baths' Frigidarium