Woven in 1890, "The Orchard" is a monumental decorative tapestry produced by the famous Morris & Co. workshop, serving as a definitive masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts movement. The design features four allegorical female figures dressed in medieval-style attire, positioned against a dense, stylized backdrop of fruit-bearing trees, including oranges, apples, and lemons. The figures hold a winding scroll inscribed with William Morris’s own poetry celebrating the cycles of nature and the fertility of the earth. The tapestry evolved from an earlier frieze design by Morris for Merton Abbey, with the intricate figures and the lush, "millefleurs" style ground executed by his chief apprentice and successor, John Henry Dearle. Hand-woven in wool, silk, and mohair on a cotton warp, the tapestry is now preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.