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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A 'raised' valentine comprising a silver lace-paper frame decorated in each corner with copper wire tinsel bows and mounted with paper springs to a second layer of plain white wove paper with shaped edges. A centrepiece mounted on paper springs of an embroidered panel of white silk with a silver lace-paper frame and bunch of forget-me-nots tied with a bow, stitched in green, blue and red thread with the motto: 'TRUE LOVE FADETH NEVER'. The back paper is missing.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1870
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Circa
1880
Applied textile
Embroidery
Collage
Accession number: P.14413-R-104
Primary reference Number: 214953
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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