The first production of this design was woven at the Merton Abbey looms from a cartoon designed over the period of years from 1861 to 1878. The piece was on the loom for several years and the weaving was finished in 1907. The original was shown at the Brussels Exhibition and was burned. At the request of Mr. George D. Booth of Detroit another weaving was made from this cartoon for the Detroit Institute of Arts and was completed in 1926.