Printed Ephemera — 1881-1900
Card, valentine card
Handfinished valentine's card comprising a purple velvet front and back cover decorated with an applied gilded and white lace paper border and a cream silk fringe. Applied to the front are ivory letters reading 'Queen of my Heart'. Within is inserted a double page, one side printed with a love verse entitled 'St Valentine Cupid and Co'. the other page has diagonal cuts at the top and bottom through which a gold ribbon tab is inserted. As the tab is pulled a cut out card figure of a cupid emerges from the top cut. The front and back of the pages are stiffened with card coloured to resemble a book cover, the 'spine' marked 'Love's Journal'. The verse is published by Ernest Nister, the rest of the card is probably handfinished.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- A28549/10
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
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- Production date:
- 1881-1900
- Material:
paper, cotton, silk
- Measurements/duration:
- H 154 mm, W 110 mm
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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