Yale Center for British Art

Title:: [White and gold metallic cut paper card]
Published / Created:: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1875]
Physical Description:: 1 folded card : chromolithograph ; 70 mm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1860 .W45 1875 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Prints
Notes:: Title supplied by cataloger.
Greeting card. 2 leaves of white and gold embossed and cut paper with oval cut out in the center with a botanical illustration laid over poem printed in black ink on silk: "I love thee. I love thee and my heart will bear, the seal which thou hast set for ever; Truth weaves the silken chain I wear, That death and death alone will sever."
Subject Terms:: Greeting cards. | Love poetry, English. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Silk-printing.
Form/Genre:: Ephemera. | Botanical illustrations. | Cut-paper works. | Paperwork (Crafts) | Greeting cards. | Chromolithographs -- [approximately 1875]