The Unicorn Defends Himself (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
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- Object
- The Unicorn Defends Himself (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
- Accession number
- 37.80.4
- Date
- 1495–1505
- Makers
- —
- Medium
- Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts
- Dimensions
- Overall: 145 x 158 in. (368.3 x 401.3cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Tapestries
- Department
- The Cloisters
- Credit line
- Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- wool
- metal_stone