Printed Ephemera — 1860-1880
A Bow for my Sweet Belle
Cream lace paper valentine's card embossed with flower and flag design. The open central panel is filled with cotton netting decorated with an applied cream satin bow with embossed paper flowers. Handwritten on the card is the message 'A bow for my sweet Belle'. The inner sheet is handpainted with two sprigs of coloured flowers. When the card is closed this decoration shows through the cotton net.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/368
- Object name:
- A Bow for my Sweet Belle
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Dobbs Kidd and Company
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- Production date:
- 1860-1880
- Material:
- paper, ink, cotton
- Measurements/duration:
- H 191 mm, W 128 mm
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Credit:
- —
- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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