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Thomas Stevens Embroidery on Silk Picture
Another Fabulous Investment Listing on the R1 N/R Auctions!!! The Thomas Stevens "Stevengraph" comes in it's original frame, behind glass, and the embroidery in very good condition. The frame has a small piece chipped off the top right corner. Another surface chip on the lower part of the frame, though this is not glaringly noticeable. With frame it measures 25.5x18.5cm and the embroidered picture measures 15x5cm. Titled "The Good Old Days" and in smaller writing just below the embroidery: "Woven on Silk by Thomas Stevens, Inventor and Manufacturer, Coventry and London, Registered". The Stevengraphs produced since 1876 have become highly prized by Collectors and Enthusiasts over the years and as a result are very valuable and will become more so in years to come.
From the Internet: STEVENGRAPH as a title was invented by Thomas Stevens and first appears on the backing paper for his bookmarks in 1876. He called his factory "The Stevengraph Works", and later referred to his woven silk pictures in the same way when they first appeared in 1879. It is evident Stevens intended this title to include all his woven silk bookmarks, silk pictures and portraits and silk postcards too.
In more modern times, the Stevengraph title started to be applied to all the silks of this period produced by other weavers such as Grant, Dalton & Barton, Welch & Lenton etc.. It is perhaps though only in the last decade that the use of this title has been extended to include all woven silk items, no matter who made them or when.
Fabulous Find - Not to be Missed!!!
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