Mourning envelope
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
0 mm (H); 0 mm (W)
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 25760.19
Summary
Six hundred and ninety-eight unused off-white mourning envelopes with black border to edges, flap to seal is pointed, in the cardboard box base (NT25761). Four hundred and forty-eight were loose but are now secured with tape applied by the NT. One hundred and fifty are in bundles of twenty-five secured by their original white paper bands. A further one hundred are secured in bundles of twenty-five by their original cream patterned paper bands which are printed; PARCHMENT.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.