Silver Jubilee Stevengraph Bookmark

Description

HRM Queen Elizabeth ll's Silver Jubilee (1952-1977)
commemorative woven bookmark.
The bookmark is woven in shades of blue and multi-colored metallic threads. lt is in
excellent unused condition. 2" wide x 9.25” (including tassel). The cover has some wear
from transcontinental travel. 4" wide x 10.75" Cover inside left is Poet Laureate John
Masefield’s
Lines on the Coronation of Our Gracious Sovereign
. Cover outside back is
from the weaver: “This bookmark has been specially designed and woven to
commemorate the Silver Jubilee. The same skills and techniques used to produce our
miniature woven pictures are used in the production of this bookmark. Two thousand
two hundred and twenty jacquard cards are needed to weave the design and each
bookmark takes half-an-hour to weave. The Victorian artform of miniature silk pictures
and bookmarks known as
Stevengraphs
and eagerly collected by connoisseurs is now
carried on by J. & J. Cash - sole survivor of a distinguished line of Coventry weavers."
Original owner. From air-conditioned smoke-free home. FREE SHIPPING to USA.