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J. & J. CASH
It is little recognised that whilst Thomas Stevens started in the mid 1860's, and W. H. Grant in the mid 1880's, the Coventry weavers of J. & J. Cash can trace their history back to an earlier period. It is also significant that Cash's are still weaving in Coventry today, as Cash's (UK), having absorbed W. H. Grant (in March 1961), and possibly other weavers detailed elsewhere on this site.
The earliest record of Cash is in 1846, with the registration of their Hereford Street address. It is not known when they made their first picture or bookmark, although I have recorded a silk ribbon or bookmark titled " H.R.H. Prince Consort ", with the woven J & J Cash name, which dates to circa 1862. Stevens of course registered his first bookmark design also in 1862.
Cash's production over the years has been both prolific and diverse, and at present this site's records are incomplete. Catalogue Numbers have not been allocated, only File Reference Numbers, which are allocated sequentially as each new title is added.
It seems to have been a policy of Cash's to issue many of their tapestries as both a Greetings Card and as a picture. Individuals too seemed to have framed these Greetings Cards. You will find in the categories below that most of these are now recorded only as a Greetings Card, so please scrutinise both areas.
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