Pheasant and Deer Tapestry Christmas tipple This Accolade Tapestry Pre-Raphaelite scene

This Accolade Tapestry Pre-Raphaelite scene is inspired by the late middle ages when the son of a noble would serve first as page

depicting the sense of sight

This Flemish tapestry

the Duchy saw Henry II of England invade and become Count of Nantes in the mid-12th century

which features a necklace

Pheasant and Deer Tapestry Christmas tipple This Accolade Tapestry Pre-Raphaelite sceneThe Pheasant and Deer Tapestry has been beautifully compiled using a Jacquard effect woven wool. Three trees are depicted across the original tapestry (pear, chestnut and oak) with dense foliage below and two rabbits, a fox and a deer. In the foreground are many flowering plants including foxgloves, strawberries, hawkweed, bouncing betty, red tulips, blue daisies, and bluebells. The tapestry was commissioned in 1892 by Madeleine and Percy Wyndham for