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Wedding Invitation

1989 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Folded wedding invitation card for a Sikh wedding held in Stoke Newington, London, 19 August 1989. The cover design shows a Sikh man and woman wearing Sikh wedding attire. Inside the card there is a programme for the wedding with details of the wedding day set within a cusped or scalloped arch design printed in red. A gold and red tassel is attached to the card.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour half-tone, embossed letter press, and tassel
Brief description
Wedding invitation after a design by K. Koria, to a Sikh wedding held in Stoke Newington, colour half-tone print, letterpress, and tassel, printed by Punjabi Press, London, 1989
Physical description
Folded wedding invitation card for a Sikh wedding held in Stoke Newington, London, 19 August 1989. The cover design shows a Sikh man and woman wearing Sikh wedding attire. Inside the card there is a programme for the wedding with details of the wedding day set within a cusped or scalloped arch design printed in red. A gold and red tassel is attached to the card.
Dimensions
  • Card, folded height: 22.1cm
  • Card, folded width: 15.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'K. Koria' (Signed on the cover illustration)
  • 'Printed by Punjabi Press Southall' (Lettered on the programme)
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection
Accession number
E.1845:1-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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