Historical information

Made by the firm of Thomas Stevens of Coventry, the English centre of ribbon weaving in the 19th century. Thomas Stevens, a local weaver, invented and developed in the 1860s the art of making woven silk items - book marks, greeting cards, art works etc, called Stevengraphs. Stevens opened a factory in London in 1878 and by the 1880s was producing over 900 woven silk designs as described on the backing sheet with this example.

Significance

Stevengraphs are now collectors' Items and this bookmark included on its original marketing sheet is a good example of the company's mid sized range of bookmarks.

Physical description

This is a woven silk bookmark with multi-coloured patterns. coloured script and a sprig of roses, all on a white background. There is a yellow tassel at the end of the bookmark. The bookmark is affixed to a rectangular sheet of paper containing details of the maker