Beschreibung:

EUGENE RIMMEL AND ANOTHER A large embossed and pierced paperlace three page valentine card, stamp marked E Rimmel, perfumer of London and Paris , with flowers hand- painted onto a silk centre surrounded by garlands of gold with Ties of Affection below, second page with paperlace with elaborate embossing and gilding with borders of bunches of grapes, butterflys and doves with a wreath of roses surrounding a poem on silk 'ROSE & CONVOLVULUS, Ties of Affection. As turns The flower to meet the sun E'en though, when clouds and storms arise, It be not shone upon; Thus, dear one, in thine eyes I see The Only light that beams for me. Mrs Embury' , the third page is blank - 8½ X 9½in., circa 1860 ; another with pierced paperlace border and silk middle with wreath of snow drops and leaves with another of roses and other flowers in the centre with Bound in Constance - 7½ x 9½, possibly by E Rimmel (2)