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Gorgeous Antique Millinery Trade Card

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Isn’t this lovely?! This is an antique millinery trade card, with a gorgeous image on the front, of a woman under and a marble arch. Aren’t the colors amazing?! The back of the card is pretty awesome too! This sounds like my kind of shop!

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  8. suruha says

    I love the beautiful image. It’s very pretty!

    If I may, I think I know why there is barely any image of ‘hats’ on this and other cards. During the latter part of the 19th century, manufacturing was making many products available to the “working classes”, whereas, previously, only the upper-classes and royalty had been able to use/purchase them. The images were designed more to show the results of having that product and how one could live “like royalty” if they used the product, and less on the actual products themselves. There were also many items that were considered taboo as far as images go. Undergarments is one such item.

    I had actually read about this recently. Maybe it will help in our understanding of such things. The Victorians were a ‘stuffy’ lot. LOL

    Thank you!

    Su

  13. Jill F. says

    Is this where we comment to be included in the crown pin giveaway?? Cuz i’m commenting! LOL And i just LOVE what you do for us…sharing all of this lovely art for our projects! Keep up the good work. I have told several people about you and they have joined, too. :0)

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