Unicorn in the News: Return of the Unicorns

The return of the Unicorns: 

"The series, commissioned by a noble French family in the 1500s and created by unknown weavers, has been called everything from the Mona Lisa of the middle ages to a national treasure of France. The priceless works of art, which have been restored several times, have appeared in everything from the writings of George Sand to poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Facsimiles of them feature in the Harry Potter movies, hanging on the walls of the Gryffindor common room. They have also been seen in Jean Cocteau’s drawings, sets and costumes for the Ballet Russes. They inspired Tracy Chevalier’s novel, Lady and the Unicorn, and Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things."

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/13/lady-and-the-unicorn-mona-lisa-of-the-middle-ages-weaves-a-new-spell