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Licorne Captive, The Captive Unicorn
150cm x 110cm.
THE CAPTIVE UNICORN - 15th century. A fine Jacquard woven wall tapestry embellished with a medieval style acantus border. The originals are a set of six' wall hangings woven in the 15th century depicting the unicorn hunt, this panel the sixth, shows the unicorn seated within an enclosure in a flowery mede. Note the 'mille fleur' (thousand flowers) style, i.e. covered with tiny flowers, among which can be seen pansies, ragged robin, violets, daisies, harebells, bluebells, periwinkles a other wild flowers. Gold, silk and fine wools were used in the weaving of the original. Woven in France for the family La Rochefoucauld which adorned their chateau of Verteuil. The series was sold for 1,100,000 dollars in 1923 to Mr JD Rockefeller and can now be seen in the Metropolitan Museum New York.£420.00
La Promenade Part 1 Small
63cm x 100cm.
LA PROMENADE [16th Century] - A highly detailed woven tapestry. Original wall hangings are early 16th Century, consisting of a set of six' tapestries now in the Musee de Cluny, Paris. They consist of: The Walk, Reading, Embroidery, The Bath, Scenes of Gallantry and Falconry. They form a portrayal of the favourite pleasures a pastimes of Lords and Ladies at the time of Louis XII, around 1500. The originals are woven on fairly thick warp and the colours are all of vegetable origin. Shading or transition from dark to light, is achieved by means of yellow & white hatching. This process gives the impression of light failing from the top of the panels and creates a strong affect of decorative unity.£180.00
York Minster Picture Disc
The York Minster Picture Disc is a collection of over 600 full screen, high resolution, digitally captured photographs of the Minster inside and out. View any one of 10 slideshows on your PC, include your photos in one of the 2 additional shows, add your favourite music to set the mood or create prints of any of the images on the disc.
With your purchase of this fabulous picture disc you'll receive exclusive photos inside the Minster, hundreds of images in and around York and as an added bonus you get a special image enlargement file that can be printed to A3 size and beyond.... a £29.95 value yours absolutely free.
See York and The Minster in the perfect light. Purchase your York Minster Picture Disc now and enjoy show.
*Our custom software is designed to run on PC operating systems including Windows '98, XP and Vista, but all the images on the York Minster Picture Disc can be viewed on Jpeg compatible DVD players or Apple computers.*
£19.95
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York Milk Chocolate Bar
York milk chocolate bar in a box featuring three different views of the city. 85g.
£2.50