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Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt

26-2-2014 < Red Ice Creations 340 67 words
 

Comprised of seven wall hangings, each at least 12 feet high by 8 feet wide, the Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters were created 500 years ago by an unknown artist for unknown royalty in Western Europe. In violent and disturbing detail, the series tells the story of hunters stalking through the woods with their canines, hunting the mythical beast. As the ...
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