Mater Dolorosa

Woven on silk:-

Printed at bottom of card-mount:-
Mater dolorosa
                                 In Seide gewebt

Card-mount:
21.0cm deep by 13.8cm wide

silk:
10.0cm deep by 6.0cm wide

by Sprake:
Whilst Sprake records the MATER DOLOROSA title, there is no evidence he recorded the version above.

by Godden:
Again whilst Godden records the MATER DOLOROSA title, there is no evidence he recorded the version above.

Other comments:
The version above is rare, and so far has only been seen in the German card frame, as shown above.
The more common version, with the woven heart above the portrait, is recorded as so386, with the similar version without the woven heart being recorded as so388.

Whilst there is no credit to STEVENS manufacture, the silk above has the same overall design as ECCE HOMO (so228), of which this silk makes a pair.

There are two versions of this portrait silk above. In a very early edition of the Stevengraph Collectors Association newsletter, there was reproduced a black & white copy of the portrait with Mary looking to the left. The two portraits above show the alternative views, one looking right, the other a mirror image looking left.