Pop-up: Embroidered Photo Postcards

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Embroidery is an age old craft and as early as the 1900s, souvenir postcard publishers especially in Spain, Portugal and France made hand tinted souvenir photo postcards with layered silk thread embroidery. The most popular themes were Spanish actresses, singers and matadors. The vivid red, pink, blue and yellow embroidery thread make these postcards dramatic and dimensional and an inspiration to contemporary artists interested in photography textile combinations.

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Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1910 Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1910
Embroidered photo postcard, Published by Singer Sewing Machines, Portugal, ca.1910 Embroidered photo postcard, Published by Singer Sewing Machines, Portugal, ca.1910
Embroidered photo postcard, Published by Singer Sewing Machines, Portugal, ca.1910. Backside Embroidered photo postcard, Published by Singer Sewing Machines, Portugal, ca.1910. Backside
Embroidered and beaded photo postcard, Maker unknown, ca., 1910 Embroidered and beaded photo postcard, Maker unknown, ca., 1910
Embroidered hand tinted photo postcard, Maker unknown, Portugal, ca.1915 Embroidered hand tinted photo postcard, Maker unknown, Portugal, ca.1915
Embroidered hand tinted photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1915 Embroidered hand tinted photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1915
Embroidered hand tinted photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain and France Publishers ca.1920 Embroidered hand tinted photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain and France Publishers ca.1920
Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1930 Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1930
Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1930 Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1930
Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1930 Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1930
Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1940 Embroidered photo postcard, Maker unknown, Spain, ca.1940
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