Unicorn in Captivity Pillow - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Unicorn in Captivity Pillow

	Our pillow features a detail from The Unicorn in Captivity (South Netherlandish, ca. 1495–1505), one of seven individual hangings known as The Unicorn Tapestries. Among the most beautiful and complex works of art from the late Middle Ages that survive, the tapestries vividly depict scenes associated with a hunt for the elusive, magical unicorn in fine wool, silk, and silver and gilded threads. In The Unicorn in Captivity, the unicorn probably represents the beloved tamed. He is tethered to a tree and constrained by a fence, but the chain is not secure and the fence is low enough to leap over, which would allow him to if he wished. Clearly, however, his confinement is a happy one, to which the ripe, seed-laden pomegranates in the tree—a medieval symbol of fertility and marriage—testify. Imported cotton/viscose, with cotton backing. 8 1/4 in. square. Unicorn in Captivity Pillow 15-022452 Member Price: $40.50 each Non-Member Price: $45.00 each Quantity: