Calling card
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
1926 (pre)
Materials
Card
Measurements
52 mm (Width); 87 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938301.21
Summary
Calling card for Miss Florence Wilson, Carnegie Endowment, European centre, 173, Boul'd Saint-Germain, Paris; black print on white/cream card. One of a collection of calling/business cards contained in writing case, DUN/L/16. Handwritten in pencil on the front is, 'I am very sorry to miss you - / I wondered if you would be free to have / Dejeuner with me to-morrow about / 9am. / Pension Coupin / 3 Rue des Alps'. Florence Wilson, from New York, was chief librarian with the League of Nations and had been with the league since its beginning.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
I am very sorry to miss you - / I wondered if you would be free to have / Dejeuner with me to-morrow about / 9am. / Pension Coupin / 3 Rue des Alps (handwritten in pencil on the front)