Orenco Originals Heraldry Griffin by William Morris Counted Cross Stitch Pattern

This chart shows the Heraldric Griffin and was inspired by the William Morris tapestry Quest for the Unicorn by King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. The Griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. William Morris 1834 ?1896 was an English textile designer, artist, writer, socialist and Marxist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British, Canadian, Australian and American design movement that flourished between 1880 and 1910. It was instigated by the artist and writer William Morris in the 1860s and was inspired by the writings of John Ruskin. It influenced architecture, domestic design and the decorative arts, using simple forms and a medieval style of decoration. It advocated truth to materials, traditional craftsmanship and economic reform.