Postcard: Are you Swanking In Your ‘Harem’ Skirt | Glasgow Women’s Library Collections

Postcard front: Are you Swanking In Your 'Harem' Skirt; Inter-Art Co; c.1911; GWL-2024-77-26

Postcard back: Are you Swanking In Your 'Harem' Skirt; Inter-Art Co; c.1911; GWL-2024-77-26

Name/TitlePostcard: Are you Swanking In Your 'Harem' Skirt

About this objectInter-Art Co. postcard: "HAREM" Series No. 854 depicting a woman carrying a tatty umbrella and a jar marked 'pickles', wearing a towel around her head and shabby clothing intended to emulate the latest fashion, watched by two giggling boys. The caption reads 'ARE YOU SWANKING IN YOUR 'HAREM' SKIRT.'

MakerInter-Art Co

Maker RolePublisher

Date Madec.1911

Period1910s

Place MadeEngland, London

Place NotesInter-Art Co., Southampton House, London W.C.

Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card

Inscription and MarksOn back, in black ink:

Addressee: Mrs D Simmons, 17 Montague Sq., London W.

Halfpenny stamp postmarked Talinton, 12:30 PM, August 26, 1911

MeasurementsH: 138 x W: 87 mm

Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote

Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes

Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - children

Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library

Object TypePostcard

Object numberGWL-2024-77-26