The Lady with the Unicorn Wall Tapestry

The Lady with the Unicorn Wall Tapestry, Smell Motif, verso reads ‘The Lady and The Unicorn… made in Belgium by Ter Waes Ltd for American Express Co.’, subject a lady with her ladies maid surrounded by a monkey and a lion and unicorn holding flagged poles, with floral motifs throughout the pieces, measures 25 x 32 inches, not framed. The Lady and the Unicorn (French: La Dame à la licorne) is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries created in the style of mille-fleurs (meaning: "thousand flowers") and woven in Flanders from wool and silk, from designs ("cartoons") drawn in Paris around 1500.[1] The set, on display in the Musée de Cluny in Paris, is often considered one of the greatest works of art of the Middle Ages in Europe. Smell The lady stands, making a wreath of flowers. Her maidservant holds a basket of flowers within her easy reach. Again, the lion and unicorn frame the lady while holding on to the pennants. The monkey has stolen a flower which he is smelling, providing the key to