Printed Ephemera — 1856-1862
Card, valentine card
Handfinished valentine's card comprising a top sheet of silver and white lace paper, the lower part heavily embossed with an image of a country cottage and a couple walking in a field. At the top of the sheet is a cartouche with an embossed and lace paper image of a church. The embossed lace paper sheet surrounds a central oval cream satin panel. Applied to this panel is an arrangement of gilded and green embossed paper leaves, gilded and silver bows and dried flowers. The card is incomplete as it has no inner or back sheet. One of a collection of cards stuck within a scrapbook compiled by J.King numbered '37'. This card is applied to 'page 4' of the scrapbook.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/1304
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- J.T. Wood and Company, King, Jonathan
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- Production date:
- 1856-1862
- Material:
paper, cotton, organic material (unidentified)
- Measurements/duration:
- H 122 mm, W 82 mm
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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