Her research leads her to the Unicorn Tapestry, an iconic real-life piece ... the tapestries were stolen and believed lost during the French Revolution. Although they were eventually recovered ...

It was recovered after the French Revolution ... “If you look in the bottom right corner of this tapestry, just under the unicorn, you can see a woman’s hand,” says Scharfman.

Not much is known about the craftspeople behind the tapestries, save that the works were richly woven with gilded threads, possibly in Brussels, in a 15th-century French style. The first record of ...

New Tapestry” interrogate the yearning inherent in the unicorn tapestries—including the yearning for money and power that has shaped the history of the medium. For instance, during the French ...

The tapestries, which range from 1940 to the present day, are on display through March 9 as part of “Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier national, Paris” at the Clark Art Institute.