Yale Center for British Art

Title:: Thou are all I wish.
Published / Created:: Great Britain : publisher not identified, mid-19th century.
Physical Description:: 1 card ; 22 x 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Undetermined
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14877864
Classification:: Prints
Notes:: Valentine card. Cut, embossed and pierced white paper frame against light green paper backing. Fine cross stitch mesh mounted to back of frame. The phrase "Thou are all I wish" cross stitched in blue thread. Mounted on mesh is a smaller cut and embossed paper frame, with translucent paper interior, on which are mounted die cut scraps depicting motifs of love: a cupid, a dove and florals.
Subject Terms:: Valentines -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:: Ephemera. | Valentines. | Cross stitch. | Cut-paper works. | Embossed prints. | Botanical illustrations | Scraps. | Die cutting. | Cupids. | Doves. | Chromolithographs -- mid-19th century.