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Award, The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Five Prize Certificates Awarded to Amy Grigg, 1889

  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, First Prize 1889

    The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, First Prize 1889

  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Plain Writing First Prize 1889

    The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Plain Writing First Prize 1889

  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Second Prize Scones 1889

    The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Second Prize Scones 1889

  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, First Prize Best Dressed Doll 1889

    The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, First Prize Best Dressed Doll 1889

  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Worthy of Second Prize 1889

    The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Worthy of Second Prize 1889

  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, First Prize 1889
  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Plain Writing First Prize 1889
  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Second Prize Scones 1889
  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, First Prize Best Dressed Doll 1889
  • The Kew Floral, Industrial, & Art Society, Worthy of Second Prize 1889

Archive (collection) - Subject Files, Kew Historical Society, 1958-present

Historical information

The exact dates in which the Kew Floral, Industrial and Arts Society flourished is unclear. We do know however that it was part of a more widespread series of competitions involving 'juveniles' from church Sunday schools in the 1880s and 1890s. The newspaper article which is part of this collection of documents, while undated, states that the exhibition grew out of the activities of the Congregational Church Sunday School in Walpole Street, Kew (Vic)

Significance

The items in the Amy Grigg collection, including awards, items of appliqué and embroideries etc reveal much about the artistic and social activities in a suburb like Kew in the late 1880s.

Physical description

Five certificates awarded to Amy Grigg of Pakington Street Kew in competition for prizes awarded by the Society. The certificates are stored in the 'Kew Floral, Indutrial & Art Society' archive file with other items relating to Amy Watson (née Grigg) the mother of Joy Ivory. A supporting document, a newspaper article from 1889, accompanies the documents.

Inscriptions & markings

Various

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