/stee"veuhn graf', -grahf'/ , n.
a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
Also, Stevensgraph /stee"veuhnz graf', -grahf'/ .
[ after Thomas Stevens (1828-88), English silk-weaver, who developed a mechanical technique to produce the pictures; see -GRAPH ]