IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 214234 accession number: P.14344-R-17 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 updated: Friday 8 February 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: An envelope for a Rimmel sachet valentine. Mid-blue with a gold embossed design on recto and verso. On the recto, a 'frame' of lace-paper is affixed to the centre and decorated with a die-cut and embossed chromolithograph of a hand holding a large bouquet of flowers. The bouquet operates as a flap to reveal underneath a printed verse by Paterson entitled 'Garden Flowers'. The panel onto which the verse is printed is hand-coloured with a pink wash. On the verso are a series of embossed inscriptions: ENTERED AT / STATIONER'S HALL / RIMMEL'S SACHET VALENTINE / OF THE / LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS / RIMMEL / London / PERFUMER TO H.R.H THE PRINCESS OF WALES / Paris. Also two embossed hearts pierced with arrows to left and right. A remnant of the cotton wool to which the perfume would originally have been added is still attached to the inside of the envelope flap. In an advertising leaflet of 1875, Rimmel's 'Language of Flowers' sachet valentines are priced at 1 shilling. (An example of the leaflet is in Malcolm Warrington's valentine collection). title: Valentine card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/214234 TECHNIQUES ---------- hand colouring TECHNIQUES ---------- chromolithography TECHNIQUES ---------- collage CATEGORIES ------ category: print category: album DATING ------ creation date: 1860 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1860 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Rimmel, Eugène IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14344_R_17_1_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 713 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/mid_P_14344_R_17_1_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 348 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/P_14344_R_17_1_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 713 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp77/preview_P_14344_R_17_1_201612_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 174 pixels width: 250 pixels