Victoria
England's Queen
1837 - 1897

Woven by Lester & Harris

Reference Number:-

oli 12

Framed silk with image of elderly Queen Victoria, and words of four line poem

the image of this silk was kindly donated by
Jacqueline Gibney, New Zealand.

Words:

	VICTORIA ENGLAND'S QUEEN
	[image of crown on cushion]
1837				1897

[image of elderly
Queen Victoria]

LESTER & HARRIS MANFRS			S.G. POOLE. DESGR
	COVENTRY.
Her court was pure; her life serene; God gave her peace; her lands reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen.
		TENNYSON

Size of Silk:	cm long by cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
Comments:	by Godden: This silk is not listed by Godden Other comments: Signed below the portrait of Victoria:- "LESTER & HARRIS, MANFRS COVENTRY S.C. POOLE. DESGR" (being weaver and designer respectively.) The designer of this silk is S.G. POOLE. It is worth noting that the same designers name appears on the bookmark made by Webster & Butterworth [owb4 on this site], also of Foleshill, Coventry.

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