Greetings Card
2007 (issued)
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This Christmas card was issued by the jewellers Cartier in 2007 and sent to Sir John and Lady Ritblat who subsequently donated it to the Museum. Its traditional design and use of the expensive and labour-intensive die-stamping process (for which the dies are hand-engraved by skilled craftsmen) express the luxury values of the Cartier brand.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Die-stamping on card |
| Brief description | Greetings card, Christmas card issued by Cartier, 2007. |
| Physical description | Rectangular (landscape format) folded (along top edge) cream card with die-stamped design printed in red, green and gold depicting Christmas tree baubles and holly. Greetings printed in red and handwritten in black ink inside and © Cartier printed in black on the back. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Ritblat |
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| Summary | This Christmas card was issued by the jewellers Cartier in 2007 and sent to Sir John and Lady Ritblat who subsequently donated it to the Museum. Its traditional design and use of the expensive and labour-intensive die-stamping process (for which the dies are hand-engraved by skilled craftsmen) express the luxury values of the Cartier brand. |
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| Accession number | E.852-2008 |
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| Record created | July 13, 2010 |
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