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Embroiderers' Guild of WA > Records

GENERAL EMBROIDERY, WRITING SET

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Overview

Unique example of ladies’ writing compendium travel accessory.
The front is a cream moire silk rectangle with a spray of embroidered berries, leaves and flowers. Three similar berries adorn the stamp box and the ink well. Metallic braid surrounds.This writing case consists of a sleeve for writing paper, a steel nibbed pen, metal and glass inkwell, a stamp box, and a moire writing rest. The case folds along a card covered with leather, which also covers all.

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cwa-org-78-2022.19

Material

Statement of significance

Social: A ladies travel accessory.
Rarity: Unusually complete set including stamps from mid Victoriana period
Provenance: Purchased at an Antique fair in Perth in 2021.
Condition: Complete set including postage stamps

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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