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First World War Silk Greeting Card

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c. 1915

Overview

Elaborate embossed card with embroidered silk insert. Printed on front “Far from you but thinking of you”. Stitched into silk “GREETINGS” accompanied by 2 pink flowers. Bound together with mauve cotton and printed inside with a poem and a short-handwritten greeting.

Historical information

An elaborate embroidered silk greeting card sent home from the soldiers of the First World War to their wives and sweethearts.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2022.3.12

Item type

Mixed Media Artworks

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Width

100 mm

Height or length

158 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On front in print “ Far From you but Thinking of you”. Embroidered across silk “GREETINGS”. Inside is a printed poem “Good Wishes” / “May they realize for you / All your best desires / May the old faces greet you with new smiles / The old music bring new harmonies / and may the Days of Toil always / End in peace at Eventide”. Brief handwritten message in pencil “ Mary with Love”

Keywords

First World War

Place made

France

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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