Too Pooped To Participate Wall Tapestry Maps eating one of the sweetmeats

eating one of the sweetmeats

in the last year before his death in 1890

This scene symbolizes the Quest for the Unicorn by King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table

queen of antiquity

Best estimates are that the original was woven in the 17th century and that it was a coat of arms used as a design for an extravagant door

Too Pooped To Participate Wall Tapestry Maps eating one of the sweetmeatsCharles Wysocki was a master at capturing character in cats and in settings. This piece is no exception. In this image a plump striped cat lay contently napping with all fours dangling way up in a tree. Even the birds flying in and out the teapot birdhouse cannot wake him. Any cat collector would fall in love with this gift.