Valentine card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, satin, cotton.
Measurements
121 x 90 x 5 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 748058
Summary
Greetings Card - Valentine padded. Front: Pierced white and silver detailed paper with a lilac padded tissue inner and oval central cut out to hold the verse with a single cotton tassel to the right side. Verse: Woven into the satin in blue and red 'SWEET FLOWER. OH! WHEN I GAZE UPON THAT FLOWER, I DEEPLY FEEL, THY LOVE'S SWEET POWER; SUBDUING CHARMS, THAT LOVE HAS GOT, SWEET FLOWER THEN SAY, "FORGET ME NOT" '. Text: 'Love' handwritten in black ink in the central oval of the back. Rear : Cream pierced paper pattern with solid oval paper centre and lilac tissue padded inner.