The manufacturing process used to produce these tapestries has remained basically the same for the last 200 years. These traditional tapestries are woven on jacquard mechanical looms in Flanders, the home of tapestry since medieval times. After William Morris, Walthamstowe 1834 - London 1896. Despite his ambition to be a painter, and his later reputation as writer, poet, publisher, political thinker and activist, it is as a designer of patterns that he is most widely known. In most of his work, historical patterns are combined with British floral forms.
All tapestries are supplied with a cotton lining and an integral sleeve for the hanging pole.
Size 62cm x 48cm.
