Beaded necklace

Object detail

Accession number

2012.534

Maker

C Commons

Production period

1910s

Description

Beads made from strips of autumnal coloured wallpaper, threaded into a necklace with dark blue and white seeded beads interspersed. Created to help raise funds for the WWI war effort.

Marks

These beads were made from strips of wallpaper by my parents 2 sisters and myself, so we spent all spare time making no end of them to help raise funds for the war effort during the 1914 1918 WAR
These beads we made when I lived in a village in Shropshire in England.

Sent in by
Mrs C. Commons
12 Waterbank Cres
Waterview 7 Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper
Processed Material/Glass

Collection

Textiles Collection

Credit Line

C Commons. Beaded necklace, 2012.534. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Jewelry Necklace Personal Artefacts Adornment Body Adornments

Production place

Shropshire England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Collection type

Domestic Textiles Domestic Technology Technology

Subject auto tags

Natural material Creative arts Jewellery Electric blue Composite material Fashion accessory Body jewelry Art Craft Pattern

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