Kershaw Fountain & Chadwick Free Library

 

Woven on silk:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
view of the fountain on the left
and the Free Library in the background
 
 

		WOVEN IN SILK BY SPURCROFT 1994

Of Card mount: 27.6cm deep by 38.4cm wide
Of Silk picture: 14.9cm deep by 26.4cm wide

As well as the woven credit on the front, on the reverse is a label confirming the weavers to be " SPURCROFT " and a second label giving the picture title and words describing the context:
 
 
 

label on reverse confirming the picture was woven by SPURCROFT		label on reverse with picture title and background information
		WOVEN IN SILK BY SPURCROFT LTD CIRCA 1867     THE PICTURE DEPICTS THE KERSHAW FOUNTAIN AND THE CHADWICK FREE LIBRARY, WHICH WAS DONATED TO THE TOWN OF MACCLESFIELD IN 1876 BY DAVID CHADWICK M.P. THE LIBRARY CLOSED IN 1994 AND THE BUILDING IS NOW TO BE USED AS THE REGISTRARS OFFICE.