On View
Not on viewHoliday Card
Date1855
Terms
- Greeting Cards
- Gold
- Paper
Dimensions17.78 × 12.06 cm (7 × 4 3/4 in.)
MarkingsOn associated cardboard (a backing board?), "Old Valentine/ Given to Mrs. Tryphena/ Clark Tower in 1855/ Concord Antiquarian Soc./ from/ Fred A. Tower."
Credit LineValentine,1855. Concord Museum, Gift of Mr. Fred A. Tower; Per133.
Object numberPER133
DescriptionRectangular card made of a blue textured background (gauze) onto which have been placed embossed gold and colored patterning and stickers. In bottom proper right corner, a woman in a pink and green dress stands in an arbor doorway. In center, a green wreath surrounds a silver bow. Original envelope, embossed with floral/fruit design, addressed to "Miss Eyphena Clark./ Concord, Mass."
Object number: PER2050
Object number: PER224A