€100 - €200
A FRAMED 19TH 'STEVENGRAPH' SILK EMBROIDED PICTURE, 'THE GOOD DAYS', title printed in script to the mount. The slip mount has "Woven in silk by Thomas Stevens, inventor and manufacturer, Coventry, London (Registered)" in small print along the edge of the aperture. Dimensions: 22 x 15.5cm frame, Embroidery: 15 x 5cm.
In the mid-19th century the town of Coventry, England, was the centre of a ribbon weaving industry. In 1860 the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty was signed; this free trade treaty introduced new competition into the industry, leading to a collapse in the local economy.
Thomas Stevens, a local weaver, responded by adapting the Jacquard looms used in Coventry to weave colourful pictures from silk. By 1862, Stevens could produce four different designs and by the late 1880s this had grown to over 900. They became known as Stevengraphs after their maker.
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