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

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

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

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