Valentine
This is a tiny folded, cameo-embossed, open-work lace paper; there is a faint, illegible embossed maker's name on the left edge, recto.
The lace pattern has a zig-zag border, a cameo-embossed bow in the lower half, and on the top portion, a circle, bordered with embossed roses. It is on that circle that a chromolithographed die-cut scrap of a bouquet, with the word, "HOPE". has been affixed. Atop the bow is a small scarp of a young girl carrying a pitcher on a tray. Verso, which is plain, is part of the same piece of folded paper.
Inside, is inserted a piece of paper, brightly chromolithographed in a colorful gothic pattern of red, yellow, pink, green, and purple. The white center is printed with a romantic verse.
The lace pattern has a zig-zag border, a cameo-embossed bow in the lower half, and on the top portion, a circle, bordered with embossed roses. It is on that circle that a chromolithographed die-cut scrap of a bouquet, with the word, "HOPE". has been affixed. Atop the bow is a small scarp of a young girl carrying a pitcher on a tray. Verso, which is plain, is part of the same piece of folded paper.
Inside, is inserted a piece of paper, brightly chromolithographed in a colorful gothic pattern of red, yellow, pink, green, and purple. The white center is printed with a romantic verse.
Artwork Details
- Title: Valentine
- Artist: Anonymous
- Date: ca. 1880
- Medium: Cameo-embossed open-work lace paper, chromolithography
- Dimensions: Width: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
Length: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) - Classifications: Ephemera, Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.1136.663
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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