Valentine

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Within an embossed cut paper frame, with arabesque ornamentation is a vertical oval containing an inscribed printed paper heart, with a silk bow below and flowers in chromolithograph and gilt paint. Double sheet folded in half, horizontally.
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
ca. 1850
Accession Number
1931-94-72
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object Name
Greeting card
Type
Greeting card
Medium
Embossed cut paper with gilt paint and chromo-lithograph additions
Dimensions
25.3 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 in. × 8 in.)
used in
United States
made in
Germany
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1931-94-72
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b1d1470c-e45a-4608-b7de-eac7a260e6fc
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