William Morris Woodpecker III Wall Tapestry Medieval & Old World raspberries and twigs

raspberries and twigs

It is one of fourteen tapestries illustrating the wars of Louis XIV

A large and majestic wall hanging featuring a bouquet of flowers

Vintage style artwork

The Unicorn in Captivity is the last in a series of seven in the collection of medieval art housed at The Cloisters

William Morris Woodpecker III Wall Tapestry Medieval & Old World raspberries and twigsThis 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