Christmas Card
1972.21.0307
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Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Christmas Card (1972.21.0307) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | Raphael Tuck & Sons |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | 19th century CE |
Culture | Euro - American |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Width) | 17.6 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Height) | 10.0 cm |
Dimension 3 (Depth) | 0.1 cm |
Weight | 8 g |
Measuring Remarks | None |
Materials | Paper, Pigment--Ink |
Manufacturing Processes | Printed |
Munsell Color Information | waived |
Research Remarks
Published Description | N/A |
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Description | As popular 19th-century mantelpiece items of the holiday season, American Christmas cards |
Comparanda | N/A |
Bibliography | American Antiquarian Society, “Making Valentines: A Tradition in America,” AAS Online Exhibits, 2004, https://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Valentines/origins.htm. Chase, Ernest D., The Romance of Greeting Cards, Rust Craft Publishers, 1956. Comstock, Helen, ed. The Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques, Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1965. Hix, Lisa, “All You Need Is Paper: Why Antique Valentines Still Melt Modern Hearts,” Collectors Weekly, 2016, https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/all-you-need-is-paper-why- antique-valentines-still-melt-modern-hearts/. Hix, Lisa, “Happy Valentine’s Day, I Hate You,” Collectors Weekly, (February 5, 2013), https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/happy-valentines-day-i-hate-you/. Lee McFarling, Usha, “Won’t You Be My Valentine?” Verso, The Huntington Library (February 13, 2019), https://huntington.org/verso/2019/02/wont-you-be-my-valentine. Little, Becky, “Nothing Says ‘I Hate You’ Like a ‘Vinegar Valentine,’” Smithsonian Magazine (February 10, 2017), https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nothing-says-i-hate-you-vinegar- valentine-180962109/. Michelon, Christina, “Touching Sentiment: The Tactility Of Nineteenth-Century Valentines,” Common Place: the journal of early American life, 2016, https://commonplace.online/article/touching-sentiment/. Rosin, Nancy, “Valentines – The Language of Love,” 2001, http://www.victoriantreasury.com/languageoflove-ephsoc.html. Shank, Barry, A Token of My Affection: Greeting Cards And American Business Culture, Columbia University Press, 2004. “The History of Greeting Cards: The history of greeting cards from their early Chinese and Egyptian origins to Europe and the U.S.,” Greeting Card Association. Webb Lee, Ruth, A History Of Valentines, Lee Publications, 1952. |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | Gift of Natalia M. Belting |
Reproduction | no |
Reproduction Information | N/A |