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Greetings Card

1930-1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
A. M. Davis & Co. (Printed and published)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Rectangular folder card (portrait format) decorated with pink ribbon. Front pattern of flowers alternately printed in colour or reversed-out in white within pale blue trellis design against gold background, lettered in black 'ON YOUR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY'. Inside: same pattern with the addition of a clear panel lettered with verse, handwritten inscription. Back: gold background with same pattern faintly visible as darker shade of gold, lettered in black 'A. M. DAVIS & CO. / QUALITY CARDS / LONDON (bottom left) and 'BRITISH MANUFACTURE' (bottom right).

Object details

Category
Greeting Cards
Object type
Greetings card
Materials and techniques
Letterpress and gilding on paper
Brief description
Golden Anniversary card, Britain, 20th century.
Physical description
Rectangular folder card (portrait format) decorated with pink ribbon. Front pattern of flowers alternately printed in colour or reversed-out in white within pale blue trellis design against gold background, lettered in black 'ON YOUR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY'. Inside: same pattern with the addition of a clear panel lettered with verse, handwritten inscription. Back: gold background with same pattern faintly visible as darker shade of gold, lettered in black 'A. M. DAVIS & CO. / QUALITY CARDS / LONDON (bottom left) and 'BRITISH MANUFACTURE' (bottom right).
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Width: 10cm
Content description
All over pattern with flowers
Credit line
Given by Janet Mayer
Subjects depicted
Pattern
Flowers
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.586-2012

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Record createdSeptember 28, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1273262/greetings-card-a-m-davis/
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