Valentine Greeting card with lily of the valley and hearts – Antique Wall Art
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Valentine Greeting card with lily of the valley and hearts comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Valentine Greeting card with lily of the valley and hearts
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Lily of the valley fills the center of this greeting card, its bell-shaped white blossoms hanging from green stems and surrounded by small red hearts. The flower carried its own sentiment in Victorian floriography, where it stood for the return of happiness and sweetness, so pairing it with hearts gave a sender a message that could be read without a single written word. Valentines of this kind were often hand-colored or lithographed on embossed paper, and they were exchanged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when a sentimental card might be sent anonymously or tucked into a letter. Look closely at the layered petals and lacy edging to see how much care went into a card meant to be kept.
| Original scan | 507 × 810 px |
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| Reference | Img156 |
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