Valentine
ca. 1880 (made)
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Valentine made of paper lace, with a framed tableau of a man kneeling to present a woman with forget-me-nots. Around the frame is a trellis of brightly-coloured flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embossed coated lace paper and colour lithograph tableau and flowers |
| Brief description | Perfumed valentine, 'Forget-Me-Not', paper lace with colour lithograph tableau of a man and woman, Eugene Rimmel, British, ca. 1880 |
| Physical description | Valentine made of paper lace, with a framed tableau of a man kneeling to present a woman with forget-me-nots. Around the frame is a trellis of brightly-coloured flowers. |
| Dimensions | No dimensions given in Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Jane Samuels |
| Object history | This card was part of a series of 'The Language of Flowers' valentines created by the perfumier Eugène Rimmel in the 1870s and 1880s. It may have been designed by Jules Chéret, an artist who collaborated with Rimmel on many of his paper products. The card would originally have been scented with one of Rimmel's perfumes. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930. |
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| Accession number | E.1573-1929 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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