▁getting ▁up ▁at ▁dawn ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁a ▁lo om ▁in ▁his ▁bed room ▁at ▁Kel ms c ott ▁House . ▁ ▁His ▁design ▁was ▁model led ▁after ▁the ▁" large ▁leaf " ▁t apest ries ▁w oven ▁in ▁France ▁and ▁Fland ers ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century , ▁and ▁he ▁deliber ately ▁gave ▁them ▁a ▁f aded ▁appearance ▁to ▁make ▁them ▁look ▁two ▁centuries ▁old . ▁He ▁recorded ▁that ▁it ▁took ▁him ▁five ▁hundred ▁six teen ▁and ▁one ▁half ▁hours ▁to ▁complete . ▁▁ ▁Once ▁he ▁had ▁master ed ▁the ▁technique , ▁he ▁created ▁a ▁full - time ▁t apest ry ▁work shop ▁at ▁the ▁Morris ▁and ▁Company ▁house ▁on ▁Queen ▁Square . ▁For ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁t apest ries , ▁Morris ▁worked ▁with ▁other ▁artists , ▁particularly ▁Edward ▁Bur ne - J ones , ▁who ▁designed ▁the ▁figures , ▁Philip ▁Web b , ▁who ▁designed ▁birds ▁and ▁animals , ▁and ▁with ▁his ▁primary ▁assistant ▁and ▁successor ▁as ▁chief ▁designer , ▁ ▁John ▁Henry ▁D ear le . ▁Bur ne - J ones ▁made ▁a ▁drawing ▁of ▁the ▁figures ▁first , ▁which ▁was ▁transformed ▁into ▁a ▁color ▁design ▁by ▁Morris ▁or ▁D ear le . ▁ ▁A ▁phot ographic ▁image ▁was ▁made ▁of ▁he ▁design ▁with ▁figures , ▁to ▁which ▁Morris ▁or ▁D ear le ▁added ▁a ▁fl oral ▁background , ▁and ▁a ▁border ▁equally ▁filled ▁with ▁designs ▁of ▁trees ▁and ▁flowers . ▁The ▁full ▁scale ▁image ▁was ▁transferred ▁onto ▁cloth ▁ ▁by ▁rub bing ▁with ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁iv