The tapestry, rich in symbolism, was commissioned by Henry VII to hang in St Mary's Hall as part of a plan to canonize his predecessor. (Henry VI was revered by Coventry in part because he granted the city status as a county in its own right.) Probably Flemish in design and weave, it represents the Assumption of the Virgin with the apostles and kneeling figures of Henry VI (not, as commonly supposed, Henry VII) and his queen, and above a somewhat out-of-character but possibly protestant-minded figure of Justice replacing a Christ in Judgment. To the left and right are angels with the instruments of Passion and saints.