An extensive collection of WWI French and Belgian silk-work ...

Hammer

£600

An extensive collection of WWI French and Belgian silk-work postcards, including valentine, remembrance, Christmas, etc, some with annotated cards enclosed, approximately 460 cards The golden age of postcards came with the First World War when people were far from loved ones. Most poignant were those embroidered with pansies or forget-me-nots for remembrance and messages such as 'from your soldier boy', ‘a kiss from the trenches' or simply 'don't forget me'. The cards were embroidered by French and Belgian women keen to show their support for the servicemen. Designs were embroidered in repeat on rolls of stiff silk mesh which were then sent to the factory to be cut and mounted. Possibly because of the sad associations with the First World War, by 1923 silk cards were in decline

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