1850 / 1879, Coventry

1850 / 1879, Coventry

Identifier
CIRC.351-1976
Carried out by
Stevens, Thomas (http://data.silknow.org/activity/designer)
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
21 cm (height)
13.3 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Stevengraph picture 'The Water Jump' of woven silk and mounted on card, designed and made by Thomas Stevens, Coventry, 1850s-1870s Stevengraph picture of woven silk and mounted on card. The picture shows a steeplechase with seven horses at a hedge jumping from left to right and there is a wooded hill with a church steeple silhouetted in the top right corner. Woven mainly in green, brown and red silks. Printed on the front of the beige mount is 'The Water Jump'. On the reverse is a trade label printed in 1898.