Valentine

Anonymous

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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.

Valentine, Anonymous, Cameo-embossed  paper, chromolithography

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