Description: Description: This Lovely Vintage Mechanical Christian Card That Opens to Beautiful 3D Panels. When you pull up the tab at the top card opens. The back has a beautiful angel in white and red dress giving flowers to children. To the right is an angel holding an anchor and the other side has an angel holding a cross. The card does need some repair. The dis cuts are embossed and glossy. History of Die Cuts: "During the Victorian Era (1837-1901), middle-class households would often have a family scrap album, where the bits of paper collected each day could be collages onto its thick pages. Ticket stubs, brochures, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, paper dolls, postcards, business cards, ribbons, literary excerpts, and eventually photographs were all preserved on the pages of these memory books. In response to the scrap booking trend, 19th-century bookmakers designed blank albums with elaborate, tooled-leather covers, gilt paper edgings, and engraved clasps. The earliest materials explicitly produced as die-cut “scrap” for decorating homemade albums were black-and-white, hand-colored etchings. As lithography processes improved, bright colors, textured embossing, and glossy finishes were employed to enhance the printed imagery. By the late 1800s, Britain, Germany, and the United States had become the leaders in such scrap production. Successful companies like Currier & Ives and Raphael Tuck & Sons created beautiful scrap pieces alongside smaller brands like Allen & Ginter and Littauer & Boysen. But the German die cuts are considered the best because of the details of their tooling process." Measures 2-3/4" W x 4-3/4" H. Condition: Corners and edges are worn. Lovely card, needs some repairs. Price includes the flaws. Free shipping in the USA!. Items are shipped out every Monday morning.Like what you see? Check out my other valentines!Nancy 02/2020
Price: 65 USD
Location: San Diego, California
End Time: 2025-01-31T19:31:57.000Z
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