Grant Silk Woven Portrait

H.R.H. Duchess of Cornwall and York

Woven on Silk:-

ribbon with words:-
UNITY OF EMPIRE

image of Britannia

ribbons with words:-
GREATER BRITAIN

Rd. No. DUCHESS 369619

Printed at bottom of card:-

WOVEN IN SILK.

H.R.H. Duchess of Cornwall and York.

Card-mount:
24.1cm deep by 19.0cm wide

silk:
13.9cm high by 8.8cm wide

by Godden:

A portrait of the Duchess of York (later Queen Mary) with the registration number 369619, of 4 February 1901, woven near the bottom of the silk. The official records, however, show a different design for this number - one titled AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH (see Grant Pictures - gt40). The same registration number occurs on a variation of this silk with the later title H.R.H. PRINCESS OF WALES, as found in postcard form.

Other comments:

This design was registered on 4 February 1901, with number 369619.

This silk is a pair to go284 - H.R.H. Duke of Cornwall & York (later King George V).

This page was created on 23 October 2004
new image added 17 January 2010 © Peter Daws
Web site address: www.victoriansilk.com

Reference Number:-	Godden Number:-	Sprake Number:-
go 280	964	Sprake did not list any Grants

Words:	Woven on Silk:- ribbon with words:- UNITY OF EMPIRE image of Britannia ribbons with words:- GREATER BRITAIN Rd. No. DUCHESS 369619 Printed at bottom of card:- WOVEN IN SILK. H.R.H. Duchess of Cornwall and York.
Size:	Card-mount: 24.1cm deep by 19.0cm wide silk: 13.9cm high by 8.8cm wide
Comments:	by Godden: A portrait of the Duchess of York (later Queen Mary) with the registration number 369619, of 4 February 1901, woven near the bottom of the silk. The official records, however, show a different design for this number - one titled AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH (see Grant Pictures - gt40). The same registration number occurs on a variation of this silk with the later title H.R.H. PRINCESS OF WALES, as found in postcard form. Other comments: This design was registered on 4 February 1901, with number 369619. This silk is a pair to go284 - H.R.H. Duke of Cornwall & York (later King George V).