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C.W.A. KELMSCOTT BRANCH BANNER

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c. 1995

Overview

A cream calico shield shaped banner, with a wooden dowel, and a blue chord attached to it for hanging. The letters for KELMSCOTT, and C.W.A. have been cut out of blue fabric and sewn into place above and below a circle that shows a rural scene, made out of poplin and embroidered. The picture shows the Canning River, flowing across the centre, with orange orchards and grape vines featured in the design. The bridge shown crosses the Canning River close by the school and the church represents the St. Mary in the Valley, an Anglican church.

Historical information

The banner was made by CWA Kelmscott branch member Mrs Wilma Craggs in the 1990s. It was a copy of a previous banner that had been made from Hobbytex paints which were cracking and falling apart. The new banner is made of poplin fabric with a variety of embroidery stitches.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2019.12

Item type

Flags

Themes

Art and Design
Environment
People
Popular Culture
Social History

Material

Calico

Poplin

Width

457 mm

Height or length

570 mm

Inscriptions and markings

[KELMSCOTT / CWA]

Keywords

country Women's Association Kelmscott Branch

CRAGGS Mrs Wilma

St Mary's Church Hall Kelmscott

Year

c. 1995

Statement of significance

HIGH
The banner was made by Mrs Wilma Craggs, a member of the Kelmscott branch of the CWA. The banner was on display at branch meetings which were held at the St Mary's in the Valley Church hall from the 1990s to 2008. It was then used where they met between 2008 and 2019.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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