Cushions

A fine Chenille cushion, woven by Flemish Master weavers. Heraldry came into existence in the early 12th Century when knights started wearing armour. In the case of full battle armour, identification of knights was difficult. Therefore, devices started...

Extract from The Lady & Unicorn Tapestries. A striking Jacquard tapestry cushion cover woven in a fine textured weave & backed with a quality velvet. The original tapestries are the most celebrated set that have survived from the medieval period. They...

This striking jacquard woven cushion cover depicts The Orange Tree which has been taken from an original tapestry by J.H.Dearle, William Morris's first weaving apprentice. The original was woven at Merton Abbey, Surrey, and can be seen at the Cecil...

This elegant Jacquard cushion depicts The Sense of Hearing taken from The Lady and Unicorn Tapestries. The extract shows the Lady playing a medieval pipe organ, depicting the sense of hearing. The original tapestries are the most celebrated set that have...

An enchanting Jacquard woven cushion cover backed with contrasting velvet. '"Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "Ive had nothing yet", Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can’t take more". " You mean you can’t take...

Extract from The Lady & Unicorn Tapestries. A striking Jacquard tapestry cushion cover woven in a fine textured weave & backed with a quality velvet. The original tapestries are the most celebrated set that have survived from the medieval period. They...

The original Strawberry Thief design, by William Morris, (1836 -1896) was woven at Merton Abbey, Surrey. Despite Morris's ambitions to be a painter & his latter reputation as a writer, poet, publisher & political activist, it is as a designer that he is...