Referencing a Tapestry (History)
This website from the library system at the University of Tasmania provides guidelines for citing works of art in the MLA style. Briefly:


  Citing the original work (you went and saw the Bayeux Tapestry)


Artist (Last, First). Title of Work. Date. Medium. Location of the work.

Bayeux Tapestry. ca. 1070. Tapestry. Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, France. (Since the artist is unknown, leave this field out.)


  Citing a reproduction of the work (in another source)


Artist. Title of Work. Date. Medium. Location (if appropriate). Source reference. Plate/page # (if appropriate)

Bayeux Tapestry. ca. 1070. Tapestry. Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, France. Everything You Want to Know About the Bayeux Tapestry. Ed. B. Ayeux. Bayeux, France: Bayuex Publishers, 2014. Plate 3. Print.