1850 / 1879, Coventry

1850 / 1879, Coventry

Identifier
CIRC.344-1976
Carried out by
Stevens, Thomas (http://data.silknow.org/activity/designer)
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
20.6375 cm (length)
13.6525 cm (width)
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Type of object

Description

Stevengraph picture 'The First Touch' woven in silk and mounted on card, designed and made by Thomas Stevens, Coventry, 1850s-1870s Stevengraph picture woven in silk and mounted on card. Showing a scene from a rugby football match with one team about to score. The players are shown in caps and breeches, one team in blue shirts and the other in yellow, on a green-blue pitch. Both teams wear white breeches and black socks. On a beige mount inscribed 'The First Touch'. On the reverse is a trade label listing other Stevengraphs printed in 1881.