ECL-O.158-2014
Parts
Object number
ECL-O.158-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Album of souvenir embroidered postcards
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Collection of 50 WW1 embroidered silk postcards with the addition of 4 embroidered silk postcards for the Royal Engineers, ca. 1915-1916.
Content (event)
World War, 1914-1918
Dimensions
height (actual size): 90mm
width (actual size): 140mm
width (actual size): 140mm
Dimension note
Dimensions for the approximate size of each postrcard within the album
Material
paper
textile
textile
Physical description
Silk embroidered postcards in a paper/card border
Production
Date
1916-1918
History and association
Associated person
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? (Donor)
Object history note
The collection of 50 WW1 postacrds was purchased from John Marrin Rare Books for £84; the four embroidered postcards for the Royal Engineers were given by Michael Meredith in memory of his father who was in the RE during WW1 (acc. no. 2021/2).