Stevengraphs
English inventor and weaver Thomas Stevens was among the most successful in adapting the jacquard loom to weaving silk. Based in the English weaving center of Coventry, he first introduced book markers around 1862 followed in 1879 with woven silk pictures and portraits.
By 1900 nearly 70 of these silk images were available and known as “Stevengraphs” (note, not “Stevensgraphs”). In America they were also advertised as “Texilographs” for a period of time. [...] Click here to continue reading.