Printed Ephemera — 1845-1880
A Birthday Gift
Valentine's card of embossed lace paper with applied decoration. The front cover is of silver lace paper with flower decoration and central cotton net panel. Applied to this panel is a central wreath of embossed and coloured flowers. There is a white satin bow hand painted and marked 'A birthday gift'. The inner sheet has an applied central satin panel with applied paper anchor bordered by a frame composed of embossed and gilded paper foliage, white fabric leaves and small conch shells.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/166
- Object name:
- A Birthday Gift
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
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- Production date:
- 1845-1880
- Material:
- paper, cotton, shell
- Measurements/duration:
- H 177 mm, W 123 mm
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
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- Credit:
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
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- Creative commons usage:
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