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Historical Archive: Tapestries
Paris, Musée de Cluny

The Lady and the Unicorn
around 1500
cartoons Paris, weaving southern Netherlands?
patron Jean IV or Antoine II Le Viste
wool and silk
conservation/restoration 1889-94, 1921, 1941-44, 1975, 1978, 1992, 2012
Touch: Cl. 10835, 369 x 358 cm (12' 1.2" x 11' 8.9")
Smell: Cl. 10832, 368 x 322 cm (12' 0.9" x 10' 6.8")
Sight: Cl. 10836, 312 x 330 cm (10' 1.8" x 10' 9.9")
To my only desire: Cl. 10834, 376 x 473 cm (12" 4" x 15' 6.2")

Noble Life tapestry
spinning and reading (courtship)
silk and wool tapestry
295 x 239 cm (9' 8" x 7' 10")
southern Netherlands, around 1520
restorations 1914-17, 1937, 1975, 2001
Cluny Cl. 2182


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Touch, full
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Touch: center
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Touch: Lady, bust
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Touch: leopard
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Touch: tethered monkey
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Touch: rabbit, flowers
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Smell, full
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Smell: monkey sniffing rose from basket
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Sight, full
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Sight: lion
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Sight: center
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Sight: Lady and unicorn with mirror
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To my only desire, full
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To my only desire: collared dog
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To my only desire: lion
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To my only desire: lap dog
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To my only desire: Lady
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To my only desire: monkey
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To my only desire: jewel box
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To my only desire: attendant
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To my only desire: unicorn
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To my only desire: rabbits, flowers
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Noble Life tapestry, full (most of bottom edge hidden)
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Noble Life: with person for scale
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Noble Life: woman spinning, with lap dog
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Noble Life: flowers, woman's chair
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Noble Life: cat playing with thread