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WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'

Patriotic postcard with lace flap with attractive silk thread image of Union Jack sail on a galley, surrounded by roses. On body of card in silk “Longing to See You’.

On back ‘Fabrication française’ (Manufactured in France).

Unused.

Two locations on left border with missing paper. Toned right side of card, and back.

 

The embroidered silk postcard is a common souvenir of the First World War.  They are blank postcards onto which an embossed paper surround has been glued, to frame and hold a central piece of silk.  On the silk, a design is hand-embroidered in coloured thread.

The embroidered postcards were very popular with British soldiers who often sent them home. They were sold in thin paper envelopes but were seldom sent through the post in them.  They were too fragile and, more particularly, they represented quite an investment – they were not cheap souvenirs.  Usually they were mailed with letters.  For this reason, they are often unwritten, with no marks on the back, any message having been sent in an accompanying letter.

Production peaked during the 1914-18 war, as the format proved especially popular with British soldiers.  The hand-embroidery is thought to have been carried out in domestic houses as ‘out-work’ by civilians in France and Belgium, and in the UK by Belgian refugees. The designs were repeatedly embroidered on rolls of silk.  These were then sent to cities (mainly Paris) for cutting up, final assembly and distribution, in what was probably at that stage a factory operation.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-world-war-silk-postcards

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WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'
WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'
WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'
WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'
WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'
WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'
WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'
WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'
WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'

WW1-era UK patriotic silk-embroidered postcard 'Longing to See You'