Cities, Towns & Villages

An Illustrated History of the Embroidered Silk Postcards is the standard reference book on embroidered silk postcards. It contains references to over 2600 different cards with over 270 illustrations. The section on Cities and Towns lists 168 cards for countries in the British Isles, 86 cards for France, 24 cards for elsewhere in Europe and 11 cards for elsewhere in the world. The cards listed below are additional cards discovered since the book was published. The new additions are shown in RED.

This section covers cards where the name of the city, town or village is embroidered on the card and is one of the largest categories of embroidered silk postcards. Embroidered silk postcards are known for at least 640 towns and cities across the world. Some cities have many different designs: for example, Rouen in France has at least 47 different designs. The largest group is from France, followed by countries in the British Isles, which gives a good indication of the target populations for embroidered silk postcards. It includes a few cards that have a printed label with the name, although may also have the name embroidered on other designs.

Images of a representative selection of cards are shown beneath the listings.

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CITIES & TOWNS IN THE BRITISH ISLES

England

BIRKENHEAD BRAMSHOTT BOLTON BOURNEMOUTH

BURTON-ON-TRENT BUXTON CHESTER COTTENHAM

DONCASTER DUDLEY EASTLEIGH FELIXSTOWE

GODALMING HAVERHILL HEREFORD HOVE

HARROGATE LUDLOW MORECAMBE NEWHAVEN

PRESTON PORTLAND BILL PREES HEATH RADCLIFFE

REDCAR SUNDERLAND TAUNTON TIDWORTH

Ireland

MULLINGAR NEWRY OMAGH PORTADOWN

SLIGO WEXFORD

Isle of Man

RAMSEY

Scotland

DUNDEE EILEAN DONAN GRETNA GREEN HELENSBURGH

MARYBOROUGH

Wales

ABERAVON ABERPENNAR - MOUNTAIN ASH FERNDALE

MOUNTAIN ASH PENARTH PORTHCAWL PORT DINORWIC

TREORCHY

EUROPEAN CITIES & TOWNS

Austria

RHEINTHAL

Belgium

BRUXELLES DICKEBUSCH DRANOUTRE GAND (GHENT)

KNOCKE LIEGE LOCRE OSTENDE

WESTENDE

France

ACHEUX AIX D'ANGILLON AIX EN PROVENCE ALBERTVILLE

ALBI ALENCON ALGRANGE ANCY LE FRANC

ANGERS ANGOULEME ANNECY AUXERRE

AUXONNE AVIGNON AVIZE BACCARAT

BAGNERES-DE-LUCON BAGNOLS BAR LE DUC BARCELONNETTE

BAS St MAUR BELFORT BELLEME BESANCON

BILLANCOURT BOURBOULE BOURBOURG BOURG St ANDEOL BOURG St MAURICE BOURGES BREST

BRIANCON BUSIGNY BUSSIERES CARCASSONNE

CARENCY CARENTAN CASTRES CAUDRY

CAYEUX SUR MER CHALONS CHALONS SUR MARNE CHAMBERY

CHARLEVILLE CHARTRES CHAUMONT CHENAY

CLERMONT-FERRAND COING COLMAR COMMERCY

COMPIEGNE CORBENY COURVILLE CRAONNE

CRIEL DANNEMARIE DAOURS DECAZEVILLE

DIJON DOLE DOUAI DRAGIUGNAN

DUN SUR AURON EPINAL FAUQUEMBERGUE FLIXECOURT

FONTENAY LE COMTE FOUEVIERE FUMAY GERARDMER

GRANVILLE GRENOBLE GUERET

HAGUENAU HAIRONVILLE HAYANGE HENIN LIETARD

HERPONT HESDIN HIRSON ISSOUDUN

ISTRES JAUSIERS JOIGNY         LA BALME LES GROTTES

LA BOURBOULE LA CAPELLE LA CAUDESCURE LA FERE

LA LOUPE LA TOUR DU PIN LANDAU LANDRETHUN

LANNOY LARZAC LAUW LE MANS

LE SART LENS LIMOGES LONGWY

LORIENT LOURDES LUNEVILLE LYON

MAILLY MALESHERBES MAREUIL MARIENTHAL

MARQUISE MASEVAUX MAUBEUGE METZ

MEZIERES MONT D'OR MONT-DAUPHIN MONTMARTRE

MONTPELLIER MORHANGE MORLAIX MOULINS

MOURMELON MUIZEN NAMUR NANTES

NEUF BRISACH NEUFCHATEL NEVERS NIMES

NOAILLES ORBAIS PALAVAS PARIGNE

PAU PERIGUEUX PEYREBEILHE PLAINFAING

PONT A MOUSSON PORTES PREZ REIMS

REMIREMONT ROANNE ROBECQ ROCAMADOUR

RODEZ ROUBAIX RUMENGOL St. AMARIN

St. BRIEUC St. COSME DE VAIR St. ERME St. ETIENNE

St. DIZIER St. MALO Ste. MENEHOULD SAINTES

SARREBOURG

SARREGEMINES SATHENAY SAUVAGNAC SAVERNE

SCHLESTADT SCHORBACH SEDAN SENTHEIM

SOISSONS SOMAIN SOMME BIONNE SORGUES

TARARE TARBES THANN THANNENKIRCH

THIERENBACH THIERS THIONVILLE TOUL

TOULOUSE TREVES TRIGNY TROYES

VALENCE VARENNES S/LOIRE VAUCONFEURS VENDOME

VERMELLES VERNON VERZY  MARNE VICHY

VILLERS VILLERS-SUR-FERE VITTEL WARSY

WASSY WISSEMBOURG

Germany

BINGEN COBLENCE DUISBOURG DUSSELDORF

GODESBERG GOSENHEIM LUDWIGSHAFEN         LUDWIGSWINKEL

MAYENCE (Mainz) NEUSTADT SARREBRUCK SPIRE (SPEYER)

WAHN WEINSTADT WIESBADEN WORMS

Holland

ROTTERDAM VLAARDINGEN

Switzerland

ANDERMATT ARNEGG

BACHTEL KULM BASLE/BASEL BERN BISCHOFSZELL

BLATTEN BUCHS BULACH CHUR

DIZY DUBENDORF GENEVE HEIDEN

HERISAU KEMPTTAL KENZENAU KIRCHBERG

LENK LIESTAL LINDENBERG LUCERNE

MANNEDORF MARIASTEIN MEGLIS ALP NIEDERUZWIL

OLTEN REHETOBEL St GALLEN SARNEN

SANTIS SCHAFFHAUSEN TOGGENBURG UZWIL

VEVEY WEINFELDEN WIL WILDKIRCHE

ZURICH

CITIES & TOWNS IN THE REST OF THE WORLD

Algeria

BISHRA CONSTANTINE MILIANA PHILIPPEVILLE

SIDI BEL ABBES

Canada

MONTREAL NIAGRA FALLS QUEBEC TORONTO

Mexico

TIJUANA

Morocco

CASABLANCA FEZ MARRAKESH MEKNES MIDELT

SAFI TAZA

Israel

BETHLEHEM

Lebanon

BEYROUTH (Beirut)

Syria

ALEPPO DAMAS (Damascus) DJEBEL DRUZE

Tunisia

FERRYVILLE GABES KEF MONASTIR

SETIF

United States of America

ATLANTIC CITY CHICAGO COLUMBUS O. HAMPTON ROADS VA. KEARNEY (Nebraska) NEW YORK PASCOAG R.I.

SAN FRANSISCO

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