To add a touch of class that is warm, attractive and inviting, people have been using tapestries for centuries. Indeed the use of colourful and intricately designed tapestries works wonders for any house or office. Tapestry is a form of textile art that would mostly hand woven in ancient times using a vertical loom. Modern tapestries even though they are machine woven have not lost any of the charm associated with this form of art. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which the warp threads are hidden in the completed work. In this way, a colourful pattern or image is created.

The imagery depicted in tapestries has sought inspiration from different sources, thereby creating a vast array of different types of tapestry collection. The iconography of most Western tapestries goes back to written sources, the Bible and Ovid's Metamorphoses being two popular choices. Apart from the religious and mythological images, hunting scenes, landscapes, reproduction of work of great artists and romantic and renaissance themes are the subject of many tapestries produced for indoor decoration. Unicorn tapestry collection is one such well loved group of that is very widely used for decorating home and office decoration.

The Unicorn tapestries are considered by many to be the most beautiful tapestries in existence. In the tapestries, richly dressed noblemen, accompanied by hunters and hounds, pursue a unicorn through forested landscapes. They find the animal, appear to kill it, and bring it back to a castle; in the last and most famous panel, “The Unicorn in Captivity,” the unicorn is shown bloody but alive, chained to a tree surrounded by a circular fence, in a field of flowers. The tapestries’ meaning is mysterious: the unicorn was a symbol of many things in the Middle Ages, including Christianity, immortality, wisdom, lovers, and marriage.

Over the years tapestrycatalogue.com has acquired the reputation of being the largest distributor of European tapestries of exquisite beauty and at unmatched prices. We take great pride in our collection of Unicorn tapestries as they are the best in the world. Visit our online catalogue to view the excellent collection of Unicorn tapestry that we have. Our web site provides you with a safe and secure shopping experience, right from the time you enter our web store till the time you leave, offering complete security and peace of mind to you. You can order your tapestries online or by phone, fax, or mail. For more information please visit www.tapestrycatalogue.com

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