The Arming and Departure of the Knights
by BURNE-JONES, Edward, Wool and silk on cotton warp
In his later life, Burne-Jones still provided Morris with a seemingly endless flow of stained-glass cartoons, their work in this field culminating in the four enormous windows made for St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham (1885-97). During the 1880s, Morris turned his attention to tapestry. Burne-Jones supplied the designs, their greatest achievement being the Holy Grail series completed in 1894 for Stanmore Hall, Uxbridge, near London.
The Arming and Departure of the Knights is number 2 of the Holy Grail tapestries woven by Morris & Co. in 1891-94 for Stanmore Hall. The tapestry in Birmingham was woven by Morris & Co. for Lawrence Hodson of Compton Hall in 1895-96.