1. The Apocalypse Tapestry is the longest tapestry in the world, and depicts scenes from the Book of Revelation. It was woven between 1373 and 1382. Originally 140m (459ft), the surviving 100m are displayed in the Châteaux d'Angers, in Angers, France.

2. The Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events surrounding the Battle of Hastings; note that this is not, strictly speaking, a tapestry, but is instead embroidery.

3. The “Unicorn Series” is titled, La Dame à la Licorne (The Lady and the Unicorn) and is has six themes, one for each of the senses, plus an additional theme for “Desire”. It is stored in l'Hôtel de Cluny, Paris.

4. The Hunt of the Unicorn is a seven piece tapestry from 1495 to 1505, currently displayed at the The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

5. The New World Tapestry is a 267 feet long tapestry which depicts the colonisation of the Americas between 1583 and 1648, currently displayed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol; note that this is not, strictly speaking, a tapestry, but is instead embroidery.

6. In true tapestry threads are woven woven with the backside facing the weaver, who sees nothing of his work until it is finished, unless he uses a mirror to reflect it.