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To My Valentine

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    This card depicts two winged cupids at the center with flowers and curved framing surrounding. Above their heads, text in brown: To My / Valentine. One cupid stands on a flower-covered ladder delivering a white envelope with a red heart, as the other cupid looks on, holding the ladder. Flanking them are two die-cut paper vases holding two-dimensional flowers drawn directly onto the card.

    Credit Line

    Museum purchase through gift of Jacob H. Schiff

    Date

    ca. 1810

    Accession Number

    1949-37-17

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    graphic design

    Object Name

    Greeting card

    Type

    Greeting card

    Medium

    Chromolithograph

    Dimensions

    32.2 x 21.4 cm (12 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.), irregular

    made in

    Europe and USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43ed3f0b5-78c2-4af5-bdd7-eb102d7ec739

    Record ID

    chndm_1949-37-17

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