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 (ANZSIC code: 8102)
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
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