Printed Ephemera — 1860-1880
Card, valentine card
Lace paper valentine's card with applied decoration. Comprising a white lace paper sheet by Windsor with embossed flower design. Applied to the central oval panel a bouquet of white and green cotton flowers tied with a silver tinsel bow. The bouquet is framed by layers of leaves formed from satin, cotton and embossed white paper. An applied paper scrap is printed 'No blossom can be on the earth or the tree, So sweet as the Flower of the Valley to me'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/342
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
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- Production date:
- 1860-1880
- Material:
paper, cotton, metal foil
- Measurements/duration:
- H 197 mm, W 128 mm
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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