Classic Tapestries Collection – The Tapestry Cycle

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The French say, “La Dame a la Licorne”, which I think may be best interpreted in English as “The Lady and the Unicorn”, also known as the Tapestry Cycle. It is one of the greatest works of art of the Middle Ages in Europe. The original Tapestry Cycle resides in the Musee de Cluny, in Paris, France since 1882.

There are six (6) tapestries that make up the series in The Tapestry Cycle, which was woven long ago in the late fifteenth century in Flanders and made of silk and wool. Six different tapestries depict the six senses: touch, taste, smell, sight, hearing, and “to my only desire” or as the French say, ” mon seu dsir”. We interpret this to be “love” in all languages.

Not so easily grasped is the meaning of the sixth tapestry. To my only desire or as they say in French, Mon Seul Dsir – We shall call this our sense of Love. A very good sense indeed. This is the wider of all the other tapestries and the style is slightly different than the rest. Some feel the lady is putting her pearls into a chest as a renunciation of passions that were aroused by the other senses… an assertion of free will,...

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