Valentine - Mechanical - flowers reveal happy messges

Anonymous, British or American, 19th century British or American

ca. 1875

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Valentine - Mechanical - flowers reveal happy messges
Artist: Anonymous, British or American, 19th century
Date: ca. 1875
Medium: Heavy lace-embossed card-stock, die cut chromolithographed scraps, white silk ribbon for tabs
Dimensions: Width: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Length: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Classifications: Ephemera, Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Richard Riddell, 1981
Object Number: 1981.1136.858
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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