Valentine

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Artist/Maker	Rimmel (maker)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

A perfumed sachet valentine, blue and gold embossed paper, lettered with 'Rimmel' etc.

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Categories	Romance Greeting Cards Prints
Object type	Valentine
Materials and techniques	Perfumed sachet, blue and gold embossed paper, with chromolithograph scrap and lace paper Paper Embossed Paper Paper Lace Collage
Brief description	Perfumed sachet valentine by Rimmel, blue and gold embossed paper, lettered with 'Rimmel' etc, with chromolithograph scrap and lace paper, Great Britain, 1863-1877
Physical description	A perfumed sachet valentine, blue and gold embossed paper, lettered with 'Rimmel' etc.
Credit line	Given by Mrs. Willoughby Hodgson
Subject depicted	Valentines
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.262-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1025277/valentine-rimmel/

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