1958 Calendar

Woven on Silk:-
REPRODUCED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE CORPORATION OF COVENTRY

Printed at top of card:-
 

Printed at bottom of card:-
WOVEN BY W.H. GRANT & CO. LTD. COVENTRY
 

Card-mount:
25.5cm deep by 17.2cm wide

silk:
14.6cm high by 8.5cm wide

by Geoffrey Godden:
CALENDARS
Various woven calendars were made in different years - many mounted on postcards from the early 1900s onwards, others with Christmas or New Year greetings printed on the reverse side.

Several silks were incorporated in the covers or mounts of calendars (the calendar part being printed on paper in the normal manner) and these cannot be classed as woven calendars. Nevertheless, the finest post-war Grant silk pictures have been especially woven to enhance these standard calendars.

STATUE OF LADY GODIVA
A most imposing silk produced both before and after the Second World War. This was the first silk picture to be designed by T. D. Howes. The post-war version, adopted from the only draft to survive the bombing, differs slightly from the pre-war design.

Other comments:
The reverse of this silk picture contains the 1958 calendar, together with details of the items manufactured by Grant.

The design was originally produced in about 1933 by Mr Thomas Donald Howes. He started with Grants in 1921 as an apprentice designer. The design shows the statue of Lady Godiva, then located in St. Mary's Hall, Coventry, with a stained glass window behind the statue.

As noted by Godden above, this actual 1958 calendar was an adaptation of the original 1933 version, and is slightly larger in size.

This same silk and card was also issued by Grant as a picture to be hung on the wall, and, with the exception of the actual printed calendar being omitted, is identical to this 1958 calendar. This picture version is recorded as gt474.

 
reverse of this picture, showing 1958 calendar