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Stevengraph
[ stee-vuhn-graf, -grahf ]
noun
- a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
Stevengraph
/ ˈپːəˌɡɑː /
noun
- a picture, usually small, woven in silk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Stevengraph1
After Thomas Stevens (1828–88), English silk-weaver, who developed a mechanical technique to produce the pictures; -graph
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Stevengraph1
named after Thomas Stevens (1828–88), English weaver
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A past president of the Stevengraph Collectors Association, Mr. Adams bought an improbable assortment of famous faces on fabric, including those of Captain Cook, Queen Victoria, Garibaldi and Karl Marx.
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