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Postcard - 'To My Sweetheart', Embroidered, France, World War I, 22 Jul 1917
Reg. No: HT 30628
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- Summary:
- Embroidered postcard inscribed 'To My Sweetheart', with muslin flap with smaller rectangular card inside. This particular example was sent home from an unknown soldier (tentatively identified from the back as 'Vone'/Vene').
According to the Australian War Memorial, the popularity of embroidered postcards (first made for the Paris Exposition in 1900) peaked during World War I. Many were 'embroidered by French women in their homes and then sent to the factories for cutting and mounting on postcards'. Common themes included family, remembrance, liberty, unity and war souvenirs. - Description:
- A cardboard postcard with two pieces of muslin with yellow lining attached to the top and bottom of corrugated cardboard border. Colourful images and text sewn onto muslin. Top piece lifts up to reveal a rectangular card tucked into lower piece of muslin. The rectangular card has a printed image and statement on the front, and a blank back. The back of the postcard displays printed text with a dividing-back and a handwritten message.
- Description Of Content:
- One purple and yellow flower on each side of upper piece of muslin, with a green and brown central image of mountains, trees and a cottage with a yellow circular border, surrounded by leaves. The lower piece contains green and purple leaves with a purple inscription. The rectangular card has an image of a child leaning through a broken fence, holding a basket of flowers and leaves. To the right of this image is an inscription printed in black ink.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 90 mm (Height), 139 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | souvenirs, postcards, world war i 1914-1918, embroidery, love tokens |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MILITARY HISTORY |
| Secondary Classification: | Service |
| Tertiary Classification: | correspondence |
| Inscriptions: | Embroidered in purple cursive text on the front of the postcard: 'To My Sweetheart' Hand-written in faded ink on top right corner of the back of the postcard: '22/7/17 / France' Hand-written in faded ink on the back of the postcard: 'To Dear (illegible) / I am writing / you this card (illegible) / you know I am still thinking / of you. (illegible) / (illegible) Hoping you are the same / I have not had a letter / for a long time from you.' Hand-written in faded ink along the top of the back of the postcard: 'Will (illegible) / (illegible). With lots / of kisses / Your always / Vone xxxx' Faded hand-written, illegible text on the back of the postcard. Printed in purple ink on the back of the postcard in the centre: 'CARTE POSTALE / POST CARD ; POSTKAART / CORRESPONDANCE ; ADDRESS' Printed in purple ink along the centre dividing line on the back of the postcard: 'VISÉ, Paris et Exportation. J.S. PARIS. déposé'. Printed in black ink on the front of an attached rectangular card: 'Love and / Kisses' |
| Format: | Postcard |
| Place & Date Inscribed: | France, 22 Jul 1917 |
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