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Description: | Four greetings cards. a) Embossed, lacy paper, silvered. Decorated with feathers, cambric flowers, gauze, all surrounding glossed, chromolithographed bouquet. b) Embossed, silvered lacy paper. Central chromolithographed embossed bouquet of roses conceals a poem "To a Friend" printed on silk. All mounted on a perfume sachet. c) Paper sachet, silver printed to imitate lacy paper. Centrepiece an embossed, chromolithographed bouquet concealing space for an applied message. Reverse: cut-scrap picture (?) Santa Claus. d) Card, embossed and chromolithographed with floral bouquets and rhyming messages. Blue silk fringe and tassel openers.
Technique: embossing
Technique: chromolithography
Material: paper
Material: feathers
Material: cambric
Material: gauze
Material: silk
Material: fringe
four greetings cards by Robert Taylor, 1870-1890, (1938.483/4). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.37149 | Go to resource |
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