Lift-up valentine with perforated lace on top of pink and red decorative paper; lace is decorated with images of flowers on right, left, and bottom, and a white vase with a butterfly net on the top. Center cameo is image of young girl with white flowers in her hair. Card opens to reveal text, entitled 'Charmer,' which reads: It is the soul's Celestial grace,/That shines from out Your gentle face./It is the charm Of heat and mind,/That in your presence Are combined./These are the spells That do subdue/My heart, and make It slave to you!
Subjects
Children; Flowers; Girls; Greeting cards; Paper craft; Valentines; Verses (Poetry)
Printer
McLoughlin Brothers (New York)
Dimensions
14.25 x 9.5 cm
Date
1887
Manuscript Collection
MSS 440, Greeting Card Collection
Repository
The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Publication Rights
Requests for permission to publish material from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian at the Phillips Library.
