There may be a Stairway to Heaven, but for Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, there's no wall space for his Holy Grail tapestry.

Page, founder of the iconic rock band behind the mega-hit from 1971, is reportedly putting up for auction his mammoth pre-Raphaelite tapestry depicting the Holy Grail.

Jimmy Page, at the Dec. 10 Led Zeppelin reunion concert in London, is a collector of pre-Raphaelite tapestries.
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The Guardian newspaper in England reports the seven-metre-long piece, part of an original set of six tapestries featuring scenes from the Arthurian legend, had been in storage for years.

The report says Page is getting Sotheby's auction house to sell the one piece — which depicts a climactic scene from the Holy Grail story, worth upwards of $2 million Cdn.

According to the William Morris workshop, which was contracted to create the pieces, the tapestries took three weavers two years to complete. 

William Morris, who died in 1892, was an English artist and regarded as one of the greatest pattern designers of all time. His workshop produced carpets, embroideries, wallpapers and woven clothes. 

Morris is credited with spearheading the British Arts and Craft Movement of 1850 to 1915 focusing on simplicity, and good craftsmanship and design.

The tapestry Page is selling was last viewed in public at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London back in 1996, when Page was between houses.

Apparently the 64-year-old musician had hung it in the billiard room of his Windsor mansion, but it was sold. He then bought the house back and has now sold it again.

Arthurian table, chairs also for sale

Page's friend, art dealer Paul Reeves, says the guitarist has a new mansion in the Thames Valley, but it has wood-panelled walls, which are too weak to hang the tapestry.

Page, a member of the Yardbirds before founding Led Zeppelin, is a collector of museum-quality pre-Raphaelite and British Arts and Crafts Movement pieces.

In the same auction next week, Page is selling a gigantic set of Arthurian round table and chairs, and two sideboards.

The tapestry has only been sold twice before, by Sotheby's, once by the heirs of the original owner and then when Page bought it from the heirs of the Duke of Westminster.