Collection Highlights
Armchair
1856-1857
1857.11
Oak
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
"Are you Ready?"
Title
"Are you Ready?"
Object name
Woven picture
Date
ca. 1880
Medium
Silk, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 5 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 13.7 x 20.6 cm )
Description
Horizontal rectangular woven picture in various colors silk with cardboard matting; image of two sculls being rowed down river with several boats in background.
Object Number
INV.777
Marks
printed: on obverse beneath picture: "WOVEN IN SILK BY THOMAS STEVENS, INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER, COVENTRY AND LONDON. (REGISTERED.) / Are you Ready?"
printed: on reverse, across bottom: "THOMAS STEVENS, Sole Inventor and Manufacturer, / STEVENGRAPH WORKS, COVENTRY."
printed: on reverse, left of image in center: "STEVENGRAPH WORKS, / COVENTRY"
printed: on reverse, right of image in center: "AND AT / 114 NEWGSTE ST. / LONDON."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
