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Captive Unicorn

Tapisserie Art de Lys

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541,20 €

Delivery time: 2 to 3 weeks
Size: 110 x 85cm, 150 x 110cm
Composition: 50% laine – 40% coton
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Description

” Unicorn in Captivity ” is the final tapestry panel in the La Chasse à la Licorne series . La Chasse à la Licorne is a series of seven tapestries produced between 1495 and 1505, marking the arrival of the Renaissance in France. Seven scenes of venery depict, in stages, the pikes of a squire pursuing and then capturing a unicorn to bring it to his lord’s court. The pieces were originally woven by workshops in Belgium. They were probably commissioned by the French queen Anne de Bretagne for her third marriage, to Louis d’Orléans, a few years before the six tapestries of La Dame à la licorne were made. During the French Revolution, the tapestries were seized as national property. In 1922, American oil magnate John Davison Rockefeller acquired them in France for around ten million dollars. He donated them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1937. Today, they are exhibited in New York at the Cloister Museum. The reproduction of this tapestry we offer for sale below uses a weaving process that guarantees a top-of-the-range product, with a fine weave.

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  1. RR
    RR

    Service impeccable et communication très agréable. les trois tapisseries de Bayeux que j’ai achetées sont splendides et embellisent mon salon.

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  2. GS
    GS

    Très satisfait des conseils, du service et de la qualité des produits.
    Je viens d’acquérir trois magnifiques tapisseries auprès des Tapisseries de Flandres et j’en suis pleinement ravi.
    Un grand merci à Mme Dillies

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  3. G
    G

    Outre la superbe qualité des produits,le serieux des prix,le traitement de la commande et la gratuité de la livraison indiquent une performance de management exceptionnelle et rare

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  4. GS
    GS

    Bons conseils avant et après vente, livraison rapide et produits reçus dans de bonnes conditions.

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