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Title

The Unicorn Tapestries

Authors

Margaret B. Freeman

Files

Description

The unicorn tapestries / Margaret B. Freeman, Curator Emeritus, The Cloisters

This publication examines the history and meaning of the seven Unicorn Tapestries that have been on exhibition in the Cloisters since 1938. Freeman also covers every aspect of the tapestries from their production, source models, imagery, symbolism, context, and even offers a scientific discussion of the materials used from minute testing of each of the tapestries.

Publication Date

1976

Publisher

Metropolitan Museum of Art : distributed by Dutton

City

New York

Keywords

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cloisters, tapestry, exhibitions

Comments

The Rockefeller University Library 3rd Floor Special Collections CT 275 R682 M297 1976

Recommended Citation

Freeman, Margaret B., "The Unicorn Tapestries" (1976). The Rockefellers. 40.
https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/the-rockefellers/40