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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Name
Mary Card
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher
Birth date
24 September 1861
Birth place
Castlemaine, Vic.
Death date
1940
Death place
Dandenong Ranges, Vic.
Death note
Outside Melbourne.
Active Period
  • 1886 - 1940
Residence
  • 1940 Dandenong Ranges, Vic. (Outside Melbourne. )
  • c.1920 - c.1940 Berkshire, England, UK
  • c.1917 - c.1920 New York, USA
  • c.1861 - c.1917 Castlemaine, Vic.
Training
  • National Gallery Design School, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Melbourne Ladies College, Melbourne, Vic.
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book
Website

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Roles
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
Residences
  • 1940 Dandenong Ranges, Vic. (Outside Melbourne. )
  • c.1920 - c.1940 Berkshire, England, UK
  • c.1917 - c.1920 New York, USA
  • c.1861 - c.1917 Castlemaine, Vic.
  • 1940 Dandenong Ranges, Vic. (Outside Melbourne. )
  • c.1920 - c.1940 Berkshire, England, UK
  • c.1917 - c.1920 New York, USA
  • c.24 September 1861 - c.1917 Castlemaine, Vic.
Other occupations
  • Teacher
  • Teacher (Teacher History and English.)
Related people
  • Card, David (child of)
  • Shum, W. A. Somerset (associate of)
  • Card, Harriet (sibling of)
  • Card, Arthur (sibling of)
  • Card, David (child of)
  • Shum, W. A. Somerset (associate of)
  • Card, Harriet (sibling of)
  • Card, Arthur (sibling of)
Related person groups
  • Ladies' Work Association (associate of)
  • Weldon's (associate of)
  • Women's Domestic Needlework Group (associate of)
  • Ladies' Work Association (associate of)
  • Weldon's (associate of)
  • Women's Domestic Needlework Group (associate of)
Related works
  • (Eight 'Giant Charts' of popular designs) (creator of)
  • Our Hero We're Proud of Him-Anzac (creator of)
  • (First published crochet pattern) (creator of)
  • (Eight 'Giant Charts' of popular designs) (creator of)
  • Our Hero We're Proud of Him-Anzac (creator of)
  • (First published crochet pattern) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Sydney's Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Sydney's Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • The D'Oyley Show: An Exhibition of Women's Domestic Fancywork (exhibited at)
  • The D'Oyley Show: An Exhibition of Women's Domestic Fancywork (exhibited at)
Field Changes
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