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Love Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
White embossed paper with shaped edges is overlaid with a silver, embossed lace-paper frame mounted on paper springs and affixed with identical flower scraps at each corner. A smaller frame of silver lace-paper is mounted at the centre on paper springs and backed with a needlework panel embroidered with title and verse: 'LOVE / THE BLOSSOM IN THE / BOWERS MY LOVE! / SEND PERFUME ON THE BREEZE, / BUT THERE ARE / OTHER FLOWERS MY LOVE / WITH SCENTS AS RICH AS THESE: / THE FRAGRANCE I / WOULD SEEK / THY SMILING LIPS STILL BEAR; / AND WHEN I SEE THY / BLUSHING CHEEK / I FIND MY ROSES THERE'. A yellow silk tassel is attached to the edge of the central panel. The interior is blank.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Applied textile
Embroidery
Collage
Accession number: P.14417-R-29
Primary reference Number: 215258
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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