The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cream cotton sateen cloth, with cotton lace edging run through with green silk ribbon and embroidery thread. The centre of cloth has been stencilled with a pattern which has then been over-embroidered and appliqued with ears of wheat, poppies, cornflowers and daisies representing the fields of France. Green satin and running stitch embroidery forms the leaves and stems of the plants, while the flowers and ears of wheat are made of appliqued silk ribbon. In the centre, in royal blue satin stitch is 'SOUVENIR DE FRANCE'.
Typical of souvenirs sent home by Australian troops serving in France.
Cherry red cotton sateen cloth souvenir of Egypt, with fawn fringed edging. Centre has been machine chain stitch embroidered in blue, red, green, yellow and purple with a gun, a crown, crossed Allied
Red cotton sateen embroidered souvenir cloth with a fawn cotton fringe around the edge. Probably of French manufacture. The cloth is machine chainstitched with a yellow and white border, with a stylis
Cream cotton sateen cushion cover with a gold cotton sateen back that is open at one end to allow a cushion to be inserted. The centre of the cover is embroidered in red 'SOUVENIR From the WAR'. Each
Handmade quilt constructed from 66 embroidered or appliquéd squares each ‘signed’ in embroidery with the maker(s) name. All the squares are edged with turkey red feather-stitch. The squares are bounde
Cream silk handkerchief case padded with cotton wadding. The edges are bound in silk twist. The top flap of the case originally fastened with three pink silk covered buttons but only one of these rem
Embroidered blue cotton sateen souvenir cloth bearing, in the centre, a rectangular padded photograph frame in pink cotton sateen and paler pink satin ribbon. The frame bears a black and white portrai
