Description
Quest for the Holy Grail detail
The Quest for the Holy Grail tapestry detail is the left half of the Quest for the Holy Grail tapestry. This is also known as The Arming and Departure of the Knights tapestry, is from the Quest for the Holy Grail tapestries series by Edward Burne-Jones. It was designed in 1895-6 and woven by Morris & Co at Merton Abbey. William Morris and John Henry Dearle also designed elements of the series, also known as the San Graal tapestries. Now exhibited at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
This Arts & Crafts tapestry is finely woven in France in rayon, acrylic and viscose and it is lined, with a rod pocket for easy hanging.
