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Teideal:	WWI French manufactured silk embroidered postcard "To my Dear Sister"
Údair:	Williams, Joe
Eochairfhocail:	WWI First World War World War One British Army Postcard Floral Embroidery Sister
Dáta Eisithe:	1914
Cur Síos:	During WW1, silk postcards were bought as souvenirs by soldiers from local French and Belgian women. The women embroidered the different motifs onto strips of silk which were sent to factories to make postcards. This example has embossed edges and is made of two pieces of silk sewn and mounted to form an envelope. Image is of a vase of flowers under which is the message "To my Dear Sister" which contains a card with a message "To my Dear Sister".
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10599/11454
Copyright:	Reproduced by kind permission of Joe Williams. If you wish to reproduce this image please contact South Dublin Libraries Local Studies, County Library, Tallaght, or e-mail localstudies@sdublincoco.ie.
Tá sé i mBailiúcháin:	Published Items World War I

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