Christmas Card
ca.1942-1945 (made)
Christmas card made by the donor as a child for her mother. The card
is in single card format and landscape proportions, is made of grey
card decorated with coloured paper, and is pierced at the top and
threaded with a pendant loop of orange wool: the obverse has
alternating borders of pink and royal blue paper, and shows a snowman
between two Christmas trees beneath the words "GREETINGS TO YOU" (each
word in a different colour - green, flame and red respectively); the
reverse is inscribed in pencil "To mother FROM mary".
is in single card format and landscape proportions, is made of grey
card decorated with coloured paper, and is pierced at the top and
threaded with a pendant loop of orange wool: the obverse has
alternating borders of pink and royal blue paper, and shows a snowman
between two Christmas trees beneath the words "GREETINGS TO YOU" (each
word in a different colour - green, flame and red respectively); the
reverse is inscribed in pencil "To mother FROM mary".
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Card and coloured paper |
| Brief description | Christmas card made by a child; British, c.1942-5 |
| Physical description | Christmas card made by the donor as a child for her mother. The card is in single card format and landscape proportions, is made of grey card decorated with coloured paper, and is pierced at the top and threaded with a pendant loop of orange wool: the obverse has alternating borders of pink and royal blue paper, and shows a snowman between two Christmas trees beneath the words "GREETINGS TO YOU" (each word in a different colour - green, flame and red respectively); the reverse is inscribed in pencil "To mother FROM mary". |
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| Credit line | Given by Mary Kempson |
| Object history | References: Made by the donor, Mary Kempson (born 1937) for her mother, Vera Kempson |
| Production | Made by: Mary Kempson Britain |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.296-1994 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2000 |
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