Most collectors know this "First Touch", a classic silk woven picture of a rugby game, crafted c.1890 in Coventry by Thomas Stevens, and also known as a "Stevengraph".
Check Wikipedia for more about Mr Stevens and Stevengraphs, or visit this compendium of all existing silk Stevengraphs published by a passionate group of collectors.
Lesser known is this similar French silk card of a rugby game. I'm afraid that the card doesn't show the name of its French manufacturer (a plagiarist?)...
Ironically, it shows a "classic" British rugby etching from the 1890s, i.e. the 1892 Calcutta Cup by John Stewart Browne (illustration in ISDN or similar... I've forgotten to write down the details when scanning the image...)
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