Embroidered card, Merry Christmas

Object detail

Brief Description

Postcard featuring embroidered silk flowers, Union Jack and French flags, and the words: Merry Christmas, set into an embossed card frame.
World War One souvenir.

Displayed in an album compiled by Henrietta Brady.

Production date

1914-1918

Production place

France

Production period

1910s/20th Century
World War I (1914-1918)/20th Century

Media/Materials

Card/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Silk/Animal/Natural Materials
Ink/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 138 x 90mm

Classification terms

Postcard
Card, Greeting
Card, Christmas
Documentary Artifact
Documentary Artifact
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts
Communication Artifacts
Communication Artifacts

Subject period

1910s/20th Century

Subject date

1914-1918

Current rights

Public Domain

Credit line

gifted by Pat Brady

Other number(s)

2017/20/2/71, 94986

Accession number

2017/20/2/71

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Place made

France Western Europe Europe

Subject category

World War I (1914-18) Military Archive classification Greeting cards Communication

Subject auto tags

Rectangle Textile Creative arts Art Font Pattern Triangle Illustration Craft Paper product

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Album, Henrietta Brady; Brady, Henrietta Margaret; 2017/20/2

Name/Title: Album, Henrietta Brady Maker: Brady, Henrietta Margaret Production date: 1907 Accession number: 2017/20/2 See full details

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