Silk Stevengraph, "The First Over" - by Thomas Stevens c. 1870
Object Type
Artwork/Textile/Stevengraph
Date Used
Unknown
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Stevengraph pure silk woven picture. Set in buff card window mount. Titled, "The First Over". Features cricket match being played on open field. Large crowd of onlookers stand around edge. Marquees and foliage nearby. Players wear coloured tops, white trousers and caps. Umpire dressed in black. Immediately under image on mount "Woven in silk by Thomas Stevens, Inventor and Manufacturer, Coventry and London, (Registered)". On reverse inventor's and manufacturers details with image of factory and awards. Originally framed in black and gold frame with Parker Gallery London label verso.
Measurements
0 - Whole: H: 130 W: 205 D: 3mm (H: 5 1/8 W: 8 1/16 D: 1/8")
Date Used
Unknown
Location
In storage
Registration No
M7055
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