Printed Ephemera — 1845-1880
Card, valentine card
Valentine's card of embossed lace paper layers with applied decoration. The bottom layer by Kershaw comprises a white lace paper sheet with embossed decoration of a river's edge, trees and foliage. A central white paper panel is handpainted with a floral bouquet bordered by an oval frame of white and silver embossed leaves. The top layer comprises a silver lace paper border with oval shaped central open panel framed by a gathered cream satin border decorated with a string of white fabric flowers.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/168
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
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- Related places:
17 Wilderness Row, Clerkenwell, London [Islington], Islington
- Production date:
- 1845-1880
- Material:
paper, cotton
- Measurements/duration:
- H 177 mm, W 120 mm
- Part of:
- —
- 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:
- —
- License this image:
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