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 MILIANA PHILIPPEVILLE SIDI BEL ABBES CONSTANTINE

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. NEW YORK

PASCOAG R.I. SAN FRANSISCO

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