William Morris Woodpecker II Wall Tapestry SIZE:40"W x 72"H and textile designer

and textile designer

The ornate border with its scroll and floral motifs complements the floral subject

Prime Minister to King Louis XIV in 1661

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

William Morris Woodpecker II Wall Tapestry SIZE:40"W x 72"H and textile designerThis 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