Mary Card b. 24 September 1861

  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Designer and 'crochet pattern designer'. By 1917 Mary Card was a celebrity. In the early to mid 1920s Card moved to a small village outside Wokingham in Berkshire, England, where she worked as chief designer for Weldon's, publisher of knitting, crochet and dress patterns.
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Ladies' Work Association
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Women's Domestic Needlework Group
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