| "Snowy Countryside Cards" |
| "Christmas cards reproducing seasonal landscapes from 196465 by popular Perthshire painter Donald Shannon (fl.195264). Known for his watercolours and gouache; he also illustrated many covers for "Scottish Field" magazine in the 1960s. Produced exclusively for Museum Selection. Made exclusively for Museum Selection"
Price: 7.99  |
| "Country Birds in Winter Cards" |
| "Reproducing exquisite paintings of birds by R.H. Stone from 195657 for The Medici Society, founded 1908. Includes Bullfinches, a Wren, Great Tit and robins. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 7.99  |
| "Winter Floral Spray Cards" |
| "Reproducing a scintillating still life of holly, mistletoe, hellebore, violets and winter jasmine from 1953 by renowned English painter Eliot Hodgkin (190587). Painted in tempera, the medium he favoured from the 1930s, Hodgkin was quoted in 1946: I try to show things exactly as they are, yet with some of their mystery and poetry, and as though seen for the first time. Produced exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 5.5  |
| "Penguins" Party Gift Tags" |
| "Stylised gift tags designs recalling the popularity of penguin motifs in the 1910s and 20s created by the national excitement surrounding the Heroic age of polar exploration, including Scotts Terra Nova and Shackletons Endurance and Quest expeditions to the Antarctic. Echoing the bold, linear style of earlier Art Deco prints, 1940s1950s designs by popular illustrators Esme Eve, Rosamund Martin and G. Rees combine to create a festive frozen scene. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 3.5  |
| "Floréal Trellis Gift Wrap" |
| "Gift wrap which reproduce elegant French wallpaper designs of climbing geraniums and stylised chrysanthemums. Created by Maison Martine, illustrated within "Modern Décor in Drapes and Fabric", 1930; and Floréal dessins & coloris nouveaux, by E.A. Seguy, c.1925. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 12.99  |
| "Floréal Trellis Gift Tags" |
| "Gift tags which reproduce elegant French wallpaper designs of climbing geraniums and stylised chrysanthemums. Created by Maison Martine, illustrated within "Modern Décor in Drapes and Fabric", 1930; and Floréal dessins & coloris nouveaux, by E.A. Seguy, c.1925. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 3.5  |
| "Falling Snow Wildlife Cards" |
| "Elegant paintings by Japanese masters capturing creatures sheltering from falling snow. Includes images from the collection of the British Museum: a detail of a pheasant from a late17th century hanging scroll by Kano Tsunenobu, and a Meiji era screen painting of a deer by Morikawa Sobun c.1892. Plus a woodblock of robins by Watanabe Seitei c.1916 and an endearing bear cub from an album by Mori Shûhô, 1799."
Price: 7.99  |
| "2 Steam Loco Sound Cards" |
| "National Railway Museum Be transported to the golden age of steam with evocative soundcards, accompanying images of the Flying Scotsman and Mallard. Two of Britains bestloved, iconic locomotives; both part of the National Railway Museums collection. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, the A3 class Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 and was the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph in 1934; the A4 class Mallard was built in 1938 and set a new world speed record, travelling at 126mph in July 1938. Hear the engine chuff and the whistle hoot as locos of the same class gather speed."
Price: 11.99  |
| "10 Mrs Beeton Notecards in Wallet" |
| "Fitzwilliam Museum A smart wallet with notecards reproducing illustrations of tempting, fine dining ideas from "The Book of Household Management" by Mrs Isabella Beeton, published 1888. The book is now in the collection of the Cambridge University Library. Images comprise Dinner and Dessert China, Breakfast and Tea China, Fruit, Jellies and Creams, and Supper Dishes: grand and elegant confections to inspire your next repast."
Price: 6.99  |
| "Banded Agate Pen" |
| "A smart, 14cm long rollerball pen decorated with a banded agate detail. The decoration echoes the goldmounted propelling pencils, rulers and letter openers created from banded agate and nephrite; made by Russian jeweller Fabergé by such masters as Feodor Afanassiev, c.1900."
Price: 12.99  |
| "20 Sheets Symboles Chinois Gift Wrap" |
| "Click here to save when you buy both Colourful wrapping paper reproducing exuberant details of a Chinese dragon and a pagoda, each set upon decorative backgrounds of peonies. The dragon is taken from a highlycoloured, illustrative plate for LOrnement polychrome, 1873, by French artist Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (182593) and is, traditionally, considered an auspicious symbol of strength and luck in Chinese art. The pagoda, symbolising sacred mountains, reproduces a wood block print from The Cathay Decoration, 1927. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 12.99  |
| "Dragonfly & Butterfly Gift Wrap" |
| "The British Library & The British Museum Painterly montages, reproducing exotic details of Japanese, Chinese and Mughal art and specimens. Drawn from the superlative printed collections of the British Museum and the British Library. Includes woodblock prints by Japanese printmaker Kitagawa Utamaro (17531806), miniatures from the Dara Shikoh album c.163040, and "The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology published 1848."
Price: 12.99  |
| "20 Sheets Spring Countryside Gift Wrap" |
| "Click here to save when you buy both Painterly wrapping paper blending Springtime details of rabbits, birds nests and dainty spring flowers, including daffodils, crocus, forgetmenots and primroses. Reproducing a c.1920s illustration of rabbits and blue tits by popular British artist Margaret W. Tarrant (18881959), and a watercolour of a nest with speckled sparrows eggs by contemporary painter Fiona Owen. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 12.99  |
| "3 Popup Birds of a Feather Cards" |
| "Recorded in English since the mid16th century, the proverb "Birdes of a feather will flocke togither" (sic) is first cited by the English lexicographer John Minsheu in a Dictionary of 1599. Create an intricate, 3D sculpture of Blue Tits, Sparrows, and Great Tits, which pops up from flat when opened."
Price: 13.99  |
| "20 Cottage Garden Gift Tags" |
| "Click here to save when you buy both There is always in February some one day...when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming, summer", Gertrude Jekyll (18431932). Recalling the romantic, billowing borders popularised by the doyenne of Cottage Garden planting, Gertrude Jekyll (18431932), a floriferous collection of, mainly, 19th century botanical details including auriculas, anemones, violets, roses and campanulas. Includes 19th century illustrations from Cassell"s "Popular Gardening" and John Edward Sowerby"s "English Botany". Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 3.5  |
| "20 Nouveau Seasons Cards" |
| "Art Nouveau style cards reproducing elegant, seasonal details after watercolour illustrations by German artist H. Schmidt, c.1910s from a German periodical. Representing the four seasons, the sinuous frames feature pine, viburnum, cornflowers and blackberries. Each elegantly narrow card showcases a vista from the spring, summer, autumn and winter. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 8.99  |
| "10 Willow & Maple Hanging Scroll Cards" |
| "The British Museum Luxurious cards, with delicate gold foil highlighting details within each design. Reproducing a pair of finely painted, Edo period hanging scrolls from the collection of the British Museum. Painted by Japanese artist Itaya Keishu Hiromasa (172997) c.177781 the scrolls represent the four seasons. Symbolising spring the willow tree is depicted with swallows and birds of paradise; below, the grass, peonies and perched kingfisher suggest summer. The companion scrolls maple tree and horned owl symbolises autumn while the distant snowcovered mountains and pines suggest winter."
Price: 8.99  |
| "20 Twenties Sporting Summer Cards" |
| "Cards reproducing delightful illustrations from 1920s periodicals. Capturing highlights of the sporting summer season: the excitement of the crowd with racing at Royal Ascot, illustrated by Howard K. Elcock in "The Bystander", 1927; a "Sunny Day at Lord"s", by Ernest Wallcousins from "The Illustrated London News", 1926; an expectant hush at a doubles match at Wimbledon by W. Bryce Hamilton in "The Sphere", 1926; and Fashions at a Regatta from "Art Gout Beaute", 1924. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 8.99  |
| "10 Time for Tea Cards" |
| "A delightful diecut card with pretty gold foil details. Adapted from a gilt and embossed illustration on a German greetings card c.1890s. Traditionally, tea was drunk from bowls, with handles only added in the early 18th century. Some credit the German alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger (16821719) with making the innovation of handles possible as his invention of hardpaste porcelain created more durable ceramics. Previously, hot water had tended to make the softer ceramics available shatter and snap. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 8.99  |
| "20 Symboles Chinois Gift Tags" |
| "Click here to save when you buy both Colourful gift tags reproducing exuberant details of a Chinese dragon and a pagoda, each set upon decorative backgrounds with peonies. The dragon is taken from a highlycoloured, illustrative plate for LOrnement polychrome, 1873, by French artist Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (182593) and is, traditionally, considered an auspicious symbol of strength and luck in Chinese art. The pagoda, symbolising sacred mountains, reproduces a wood block print from The Cathay Decoration, 1927. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 3.5  |
| "Symboles Chinois Wrap & Tags" |
| "Colourful wrapping paper and gift tags reproducing exuberant details of a Chinese dragon and a pagoda, each set upon decorative backgrounds of peonies. The dragon is taken from a highlycoloured, illustrative plate for LOrnement polychrome, 1873, by French artist Albert Charles Auguste Racinet (182593) and is, traditionally, considered an auspicious symbol of strength and luck in Chinese art. The pagoda, symbolising sacred mountains, reproduces a wood block print from The Cathay Decoration, 1927. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 14.99  |
| "10 Luxury French Chintz Cards" |
| "Striking cards with gold foil highlights. Adapted from "border and centre designs suitable for tablecloths and shawls", from an early 19th century album of French textile designs. Chintz, or floralprinted calico fabrics, were originally imported from India in the 16th century but, as they became increasingly popular in Europe, English and French manufacturers, created their own designs and fabrics, with their adaptations taking on distinctive styles. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 8.99  |
| "20 Illuminated Birds Cards" |
| "The British Library Cards reproducing details of birds from the illuminated borders of a 15th century manuscript, now in the collection of the British Library. Charming details depict a goldfinch, coal tit, chaffinch and bull finch; the birds originally part of scrolling and vegetal decorations surrounding the text. Created in France and Bruges c.147080, Jean de Wavrins "Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d"Angleterre" (Old and New Chronicles of England) was commissioned by King Edward IV and ran to seven volumes, each detailing the lives and exploits of English monarchs."
Price: 8.99  |
| "20 Nesting Birds Cards" |
| "The British Library Exquisitely detailed and colourful cards reproducing illustrative plates from a 19th century work of ornithology now in the collection of The British Library. Ornithological studies show a nesting goldfinch, dunnock, great tit and nightingale. From illustrations by O. Dressler for a "Natural History of Birds that Nest in Lombardy; to illustrate the ornithological collection of the brothers Ercole and Ernesto Turati", originally published in Milan, 1865."
Price: 8.99  |
| "30 Cats in Art Cards" |
| "Delightful cards celebrating the character and comfort of cats through the eyes of artists and across the centuries. Reproducing a charming mix of feline fine art, studies and illustrations from the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Includes Women and Kitten Playing with Yoyo, 1870, from a drawing by David Bles (182199); The Musicians, c.187677, by Henriëtte RonnerKnip (18211909); Six Studies of a Cat, c.176369, by Thomas Gainsborough (172788); Young Girl with Kitten, after Joshua Reynolds (172392); and an illustration of children with kittens by Miep de Feijter, c.192841. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 10.99  |
| "Spring Countryside Wrap & Tags" |
| "Painterly wrapping paper and gift tags blending Springtime details of rabbits, birds nests and dainty spring flowers, including daffodils, crocus, forgetmenots and primroses. Reproducing a c.1920s illustration of rabbits and blue tits by popular British artist Margaret W. Tarrant (18881959), and a watercolour of a nest with speckled sparrows eggs by contemporary painter Fiona Owen. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 14.99  |
| "20 Spring Countryside Gift Tags" |
| "Click here to save when you buy both Painterly gift tags blending Springtime details of a rabbit, bird"s nest and dainty spring flowers. Reproducing a detail from a c.1920s illustration of a rabbit with crocuses by popular British artist Margaret W. Tarrant (18881959), and a watercolour of a nest with speckled sparrows eggs by contemporary painter Fiona Owen. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 3.5  |
| "18 Lindisfarne Gospels Cards" |
| "The British Library Illuminated with intricate gold foil details, cards reproducing three of the four lavishly decorated Carpet Pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels, originally created c.710721, and now in the collection of the British Library. Exquisitely detailed and richly ornamented, the pages are said to look like Persian carpets. Each acts as a glorious pause in the work: opening each of the Holy Gospels with a variation of a cross worked throughout the design. The cards feature the designs from St Marks, St Lukes and St Johns Gospels."
Price: 8.99  |
| "20 Botanical Fern Gift Tags" |
| "Click here to save when you buy the set Elegant gift tags reproducing intricate details from 18th and 19th century botanical studies of ferns. One design showcases a Samoan fern from a book of horticultural illustrations published in Brussels in 1882; alongside a montage including a Hard Shield fern from Die Entdeckung des Naturselbstdruckes, 1854 and a Rockcap fern from a botanical illustration after Sydenham Edwards, c.1805. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 3.5  |
| "30 Still Life Floral Details Cards" |
| "Elegant cards reproducing dramatic details from 17th and 18th century still life paintings, now in the superlative collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Floral still life became a popular genre of painting during the Dutch Golden Age. Arrangements carried overtones of vanitas themes with artists echoing the fleeting nature of life by depicting flowers from bud to fullblown glory but, as the genre developed, an interest in opulent display and luxury became just as prized. Includes exquisite details from paintings by Ottmar Elliger (163379), Balthasar van der Ast (15931657), Hans Bollongier (160045), the workshop of Jan Breughel the Elder (15681625), and Jan van Huysum (16821749) Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 10.99  |
