A finished design closest to the tapestry. Together they [Burne-Jones and William Morris] returned to those books about which they were enthusiastic as young men - Malory's Morte d'Arthur and Chaucer ''' one result was ... The Quest for the Holy Grail tapestries. Morris and Company had received a commission from the Australian mining millionaire, W. K. D'Arcy, to furnish his house, Stanmore Hall, near Uxbridge. It had a large dining room and Morris persuaded him to make use of a tapestry to cover the walls. On undertaking to decorate the walls in this way, Morris asked Burne-Jones to draw cartoons for a series based on the Holy Grail legend. The set consisted of five large panels, a smaller one of a ship, and a dado of verdure with knights' shields hanging from the trees. The five scenes were as follows: The Knights of the Round Table summoned to the quest by a strange damsel, The Arming and Departure of the Knights, The Failure of Sir Lancelot, The Failure of Sir Gawaine, The Achievement of Sir Galahad Accompanied by Sir Bors and Sir Percival. The tapestries took a number of years to execute; the first was completed in 1894. Trees once again are used as a means of conveying the peculiarly intense atmosphere, especially in the Failure of Sir Lancelot, where they create a sense of magic unreality. The design of this scene, it is interesting to note, is very similar to Rossetti's version in th Oxford series murals of 1857, although in reverse, and Burne-Jones must have found it more interesting than the others, as he converted this design into a painting of 1896. The finished painting can be seen in Southampton Art Gallery. In Malory's version of the Arthurian Romances, Sit Lancelot is the first of the knights of the Round Table, and in the quest he has glimpses of the Holy grail, but no more, being hindered by his sins.