Crystal Palace

(black and white silk panel)

Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Sprake Number:-
sc 272 184 spc40
 

Black and white view of the Crystal Palace, with details of the building printed on the card

Words:
 
 
Woven on silk:-
 
 
 
 
(woven black and white view
of the Crystal Palace)

 
 
 
 
 
 
Printed at bottom of card:-
 
 
 
WOVEN IN SILK

CRYSTAL PALACE.
Designed by
SIR JOSEPH PAXTON, M.P.,
OPENED BY THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA.
MAY 10TH, 1854.
Length of Palace 1,392 ft.     Breadth 384 ft.
Height of Roof 200 ft.
Area of Park 192 acres.
Length of Hot Water Pipes 16 miles.
Height of Water Tower 284 ft.
Water in Tower Tanks 2,500 tons.


 
(Regd. No. 411548)
 
Size:
card:
13.8cm long by 9.1cm deep

silk:
5.2cm long by 5.2cm deep

Comments:

This design was registered on 12 June 1903. The Registration Number, 411548, is printed on the card front.

In the image above, the printing on the card is in brown. This card also exists with the words printed in black.
The silk above is woven in black & white, whilst the alternative version {recorded as sc274} has the silk woven in brown.


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