The Unicorn Tapestries | Explore & Learn | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Unicorn at Bay (detail), ca. 1495–1505
South Netherlandish
Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts; 12 ft. 1 in. x 13 ft. 2 in. (368 x 401 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1937 (37.80.4)

Even the patrons of the unicorn tapestries—who remain unknown—are symbolized by the artfully camouflaged letters A and E, reversed.

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