Greetings Card
1990s (printed)
| Artist/Maker |
This gift card is an example of the 1990s card industry's revival of "luxury" finishes like embossing and gilding and reflects the taste for "baroque" ornament then current in fashion and interiors too.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Folded, embossed and gilded paper |
| Brief description | Embossed and gilded gift card |
| Physical description | Square (when closed) card in thick white translucent paper with central embossed and gilded six-pointed star motif |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This gift card is an example of the 1990s card industry's revival of "luxury" finishes like embossing and gilding and reflects the taste for "baroque" ornament then current in fashion and interiors too. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1116-1996 |
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| Record created | October 26, 2005 |
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