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To her I love, mid-19th century
- Title(s):
- To her I love.
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain : publisher not identified, mid-19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 card ; 25 x 20 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC1866.V3 C6+ no.2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14877115
- Classification:
- Prints
- Notes:
- Valentine card. Cut and embossed white paper frame against pink paper backing. Fine cross stitch mesh mounted to back of frame. The phrase "To her I love" cross stitched in purple thread. Mounted on mesh is a smaller cut and embossed paper frame, with translucent paper interior, on which are mounted die cut scraps depicting motifs of love: a cupid, a heart. hands clasped, a dove mounted within gold leaf border. Stanza of verse is written in pen and ink.
- Subject Terms:
- Love.Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
- Form/Genre:
- Ephemera.
Valentines.
Cross stitch.
Cut-paper works.
Embossed papers.
Scraps.
Die cutting.
Cupids.
Doves.
Chromolithographs -- mid-19th century. - Export:
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