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19 Sep 2026
A 500-Year-Old Tapestry Shows a Unicorn Chained Inside a Perfect Little Garden
The Unicorn Rests in a Garden is one of the surviving Unicorn Tapestries, woven around 1500 with wool, silk, silver and gilt threads. Its dense plants, flowers, animals and mysterious central unicorn reward the same kind of close inspection as a fantasy illustration. Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/467642
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Found at metmuseum.org · The Met marks this object image Public Domain and makes Open Access public-domain images available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee. Credit to The Metropolitan Museum of Art is recommended.
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