Mourning stationery
Category
Ephemera
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Cardboard, paper and printing ink
Measurements
Envelope –112 mm (length); 96 mm (width), Paper – 177 mm (length); 115 mm (width), Box –205 mm (length); 132 mm (width); 22 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661917
Summary
A box containing twenty black-edged folded sheets of mourning writing paper (circa 1900) and nineteen black-edged envelopes. The envelopes are in two bundles (of nine and ten) each held in place by a pink paper band which has 'Mourning' printed in silver and black inside a black-bordered box on the top and a silver pattern all round. The paper and envelopes are cream or white. The box is grey and the lid reads 'Mourning, Note and Envelopes' in black ink with a black-printed floral design and silver borders. There is a silver-printed design on the sides of the lid. Total number of items is 43.