William Morris Woodpecker II Wall Tapestry SIZE:40"W x 72"H making use of traditional weaving

making use of traditional weaving techniques

Complex imagery and colors bring this collage of African themed art together into one rich design

Prime Minister to King Louis XIV in 1661

and textile designer

A detail from Gustav Klimt's The Three Ages of Woman

William Morris Woodpecker II Wall Tapestry SIZE:40"W x 72"H making use of traditional weavingThis tapestry depicts a woodpecker against an ornate backdrop and was designed by Morris & Co in 1877. Most of the company's production was a collaborative effort involving several artists, but Woodpecker is unusual in that it was one of the very few tapestries designed by William Morris in its entirety. It shows a woodpecker sitting in the branch of a fruit tree and features Morris' distinctive ornate background of leaves and his legendary attention