Grant Silk Woven Portrait - go52

by Geoffrey Godden:
This imposing silk portrait is, of course, the pair to the portrait of King Edward VII - which, incidentally, has no credit to the Grant firm [see go168]. The design was registered on 2 March 1901 under the number 370915. Numbers were at first printed at the bottom of the card-mount [as the image above on the left], but soon they were woven under the Royal Arms in the silk picture [as the image above on the right].
The portrait is found in two sizes. The larger silk {the images above} is 5 1/4 inches (13.3cm) high, mounted on a card measuring about 9 1/2 inches by 7 inches (24.1cm by 17.8cm). The smaller silk {recorded as go48} is 4 inches (10.2cm) high, mounted on a card 7 inches by 5 1/2 inches (17.8cm by 14.0cm).
This portrait was also issued as a postcard [see gc12].
A rare version is found mounted on the same card as King Edward VII [see go8], and some later silks, from 1905 on, are found on a darker card-mount without a title.

Other comments:
This silk is the Grant number 105.

This silk was registered on 2 March 1901, with registration number 370915 woven on the silk below the Royal Coat of Arms.

Reference Number:-	Godden Number:-	Sprake Number:-
go 52	953	Sprake did not record any Grants

Words:	Woven on Silk:- RD NO Q 370915 Printed at bottom of card:- WOVEN IN PURE SILK. Her Majesty Queen Alexandra.
Size:	Card-mount: 24.0cm deep by 18.3cm wide silk: 13.7cm high by 9.0cm wide
Comments:	by Geoffrey Godden: This imposing silk portrait is, of course, the pair to the portrait of King Edward VII - which, incidentally, has no credit to the Grant firm [see go168]. The design was registered on 2 March 1901 under the number 370915. Numbers were at first printed at the bottom of the card-mount [as the image above on the left], but soon they were woven under the Royal Arms in the silk picture [as the image above on the right]. The portrait is found in two sizes. The larger silk {the images above} is 5 1/4 inches (13.3cm) high, mounted on a card measuring about 9 1/2 inches by 7 inches (24.1cm by 17.8cm). The smaller silk {recorded as go48} is 4 inches (10.2cm) high, mounted on a card 7 inches by 5 1/2 inches (17.8cm by 14.0cm). This portrait was also issued as a postcard [see gc12]. A rare version is found mounted on the same card as King Edward VII [see go8], and some later silks, from 1905 on, are found on a darker card-mount without a title. Other comments: This silk is the Grant number 105. This silk was registered on 2 March 1901, with registration number 370915 woven on the silk below the Royal Coat of Arms.

Her Majesty QUEEN ALEXANDRA