Cluny Unicorn Tapestry Orkney Medium: 38-40"

Medium: 38-40"

adorned with flags and regalia

which is renowned for its lustre and translucency

The series was sold for $1

with a touch of freshly baked apple

Cluny Unicorn Tapestry Orkney Medium: 38-40"The unicorn was fabled for its beautiful shape, its great agility and its virtue which is depicted beautifully in the Jacquard woven Cluny Unicorn Tapestry. For this reason, the unicorn was invisible to all but virgins. Rare and reputedly elusive, the animal was greatly in demand since its horn was supposed to have the marvelous power of counteracting poison. Wine which had been poisoned became harmless if drunk from a unicorn's horn; knife handles