463 - Embossed papers. Collection of 11 greeting cards and stationery items featuring embossed or finely die-cut decorations. Mostly from Germany, early to late 19th century. 7 x 7 cm to 25.5 x 20 cm.

Embossed papers. Collection of 11 greeting cards and stationery items featuring embossed or finely die-cut decorations. Mostly from Germany, early to late 19th century. 7 x 7 cm to 25.5 x 20 cm. Includes: A double sheet in quarto format with a wide, florally needle-pointed border; the text area of the second sheet is framed by a continuous silk ribbon. All pages inscribed, dated Luxembourg, December 16, 1815. - 4 rectangular greeting cards, mostly with needlework across the surface, 2 on tinted paper, 1 inscribed and dated 1891. - A greeting card die-cut in lace style, with a color lithographed pop-up image of a donkey mounted in the center, signed “A Man and a Brother.” Circa 1850. - An oval of paper needle-pricked over its entire surface, featuring a large, colored bird as the central image, perhaps 1830. - A small paper fan with the finest die-cutting and a mounted devotional image in gouache, circa 1800. - Needle-punched paper heart; the used writing area on the flap is covered with a small chromolithographed wafer. Circa 1880. - Two figuratively die-cut paper strips, one backed with silk and embroidered with “Andenken.” Circa 1900. - The quarto sheet has small creases and is slightly soiled, but is otherwise in good condition.