La Belle Dame - Tapestry
"La Belle Dame sans Merci" - From a painting by Sir Frank Bernard Dicksee this graceful wall tapestry has been woven in a fine weave on a Jacquard loom by Master Weavers. "La Belle Dame sans Merci" (French: "The Beautiful Lady without Pity") is a ballad written by the English poet John Keats. The poem describes the encounter between an unnamed knight and a mysterious fairy. It exists in two versions, with minor differences between them. The original was written by Keats in 1819, although the title is that of a fifteenth century poem by Alain Chartier. "She took me to her elfin grot, and there she gaz'd and sighed deep, And there I shut her wild sad eyes So kiss'd to sleep".Please Note:Fabrics by their nature are flexible, during storage, humidity and temperature may occasionally affect their shape and also cause creasing. To help a tapestry hang better we recommend using a dry iron on a 'Cotton' setting. Lightly iron the tapestry from the centre towards the edges [on the face]. In very extreme cases the tapestry can be stretched by pulling the panel gently by hand, diagonally.