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1903 Lovely Heart Shaped Stand-Up Parchment Valentine w/ Cupid Die Cut *

$ 24.81

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Vintage: Yes
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Condition: Used
  • Occasion: Valentine's Day

    Description

    Description:  This
    1903 Lovely Heart Shaped Stand-Up Parchment Valentine has a Cupid Die Cut. The die cut is embossed and glossy.
    History of Die Cuts: "
    During the Victorian Era (1837-1901), middle-class households would often have a family scrap album, where the bits of paper collected each day could be collages onto its thick pages.
    Ticket stubs
    ,
    brochures
    ,
    greeting cards
    , newspaper clippings,
    paper dolls
    ,
    postcards
    , business cards, ribbons, literary excerpts, and eventually
    photographs
    were all preserved on the pages of these memory books. In response to the scrap booking trend, 19th-century bookmakers designed blank albums with elaborate, tooled-leather covers, gilt paper edgings, and engraved clasps. The earliest materials explicitly produced as die-cut “scrap” for decorating homemade albums were black-and-white, hand-colored etchings. As lithography processes improved, bright colors, textured embossing, and glossy finishes were employed to enhance the printed imagery.
    By the late 1800s,
    Britain,
    Germany, and the
    United States
    had become the leaders in such scrap production. Successful companies like Currier & Ives and Raphael Tuck & Sons created beautiful scrap pieces alongside smaller brands like Allen & Ginter and Littauer & Boysen. But the German die cuts are considered the best because of the details of their tooling process."
    Measures  6-3/4
    " W x 7" H.
    Condition: Corners and edges are slightly worn. Good Condition. One tip of wing on cupid is missing.
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    01/2021
    Nancy