Valentine

Anonymous

ca. 1880 · Cameo-embossed open-work lace paper, colored paper, chromolithography · Drawings and Prints

This is an unsigned, folded, cameo-embossed, open-work lace paper card. The recto has a design of leafy swirls and a central oval area with an embossed geometric frame and flowers. Applied to this center oval is a chromolithographed, die-cut scrap of a beautiful pink rose with a blue ribbon. Inside, is inserted a piece of paper with a scalloped border, and brightly chromolithographed in a colorful gothic pattern of red, yellow, blue and purple. The white center is printed with a romantic verse.

Artist

Anonymous

Date

ca. 1880

Medium

Cameo-embossed open-work lace paper, colored paper, chromolithography

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981