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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Souvenir - Charles & Diana Wedding bookmark

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Cashs English Woven Craft

1981

Subcollections

Royal Memorabilia

Overview

a navy blue folded card with white text, and inside is a bookmark encased in a plastic sleeve

Historical information

Celebrating the wedding of Prince Charles III to Lady Diana Spencer on July 29th 1981.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2025.255

Item type

Themes

Material

Inscriptions and markings

Front of card: "The marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. Wednesday 29th July 1981. A commemorative woven bookmark"
Writing on the bookmark: "The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. 29th July 1981"
Back of card: "Approximately 3000 'Jacquard cards' are needed to produce this design and each bookmark takes nearly one hour to weave.
The Victorian artform of miniature silk pictures and bookmarks known as Stevengraph, and eagerly collected by connoisseurs is now carried on by J&J Cash Ltd - sole survivor of a distinguished line of Coventry weavers.

Keywords

Royal Souvenirs

Lady Diana Spencer

Stevengraph silk pictures

Place made

Coventry, United Kingdom

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Last modified

Sunday, 19 October, 2025

Completeness

100

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