2-624-656 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Arras Tapestry at Stanmore Hall', 1898-9. The Holy Grail or San Graal tapestries are a set of six tapestries depicting scenes from the legend of King Arthur and the quest for the Holy Grail. They were commissioned from Morris & Co. by William Knox D'Arcy in 1890 for his dining room at Stanmore Hall. Here we see the tapestry known as The Arming and Departure of the Knights. From The Studio Volume 15. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1898-9]