Object Number: Na2491

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: Stevengraph

Description: 'THE CRYSTAL PALACE.' Woven silk picture: the Crystal Palace in the background between two towers, 2 rotundas, in foreground an arcade and pond. Mostly greys and browns with yellow and red highlights. In wooden frame with original beige mount inscribed 'THE CRYSTAL PALACE'; reverse glazed over advertisement for 'STEVENGRAPH PURE SILK WOVEN PICTURES.', listing 31 titles and 29 portraits by 'THOMAS STEVENS, SOLE INVENTOR & MANUFACTURER, // STEVENGRAPH WORKS, COVENTRY.'