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England (Merton Abbey, Surrey)
'Woodpecker' Tapestry
587
1885
A tapestry designed entirely by William Morris and woven at Merton Abbey, depicting a tree populated with woodpeckers based on the myth of King Picus from Ovid's Metamorphoses, with dense acanthus-style foliage and Morris's own poetry woven into ornate scrolls.
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