| "Framed Church Views Cards" |
| "Reproducing charming illustrations by beloved English illustrator and author John Strickland Goodall (190896) from 195455 and 1961: the elaboratelydetailed frames hold views of c.1950s country churches and Victorian carol singers. His work typically captured nostalgic scenes of Victorian and Edwardian England in watercolours, including his An Edwardian Christmas, 1977. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 7.99 |
| "Sion Cottage in Snow Cards" |
| "Gifted to the Victoria and Albert Museum from the Pilgrim Trusts Recording Britain project, a delicate watercolour by Clifford Ellis (190785) of Sion Cottage, Sion Hill, Bath, 1943. The wartime Recording Britain scheme, led by Sir Kenneth Clark of the National Gallery, sought to employ artists to capture the changing face of the urban and rural landscape and to boost morale. Over 1500 works were created and touring exhibitions took the collection far and wide. The pictures now form a memorial to the war effort, and a unique record of their time. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 5.5 |
| "Deco Winter Style Cards" |
| "Sophisticated Winter sports fashion plates, capturing the Art Deco eras joie de vivre, irrepressible quest for speed and modern, thrillseeking spirit. Reproducing images by Léon Bénigni for Femina in December 1929, Madeleine Ruegg for "Gazette du Bon Ton", 19245, and Gordon Conway in "The Tatler", 1929. Made exclusively for Museum Selection"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Polar Creature Cards" |
| "Cards printed with an endearing collection of 20th century illustrations, including Polar Bear cubs by Cecil Aldin in "Zoo Babies", 1907 and a 1938 poster for D.N.L, Norways Midnight Sun Airwayairline; plus stylised 1950s designs by Esme Eve and Rosamund Martin. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 7.99 |
| "Father Christmas Sleigh Cards" |
| "Symbolising good cheer and feasting, the figure of Old Father Christmas became popular in the troubled aftermath of the English Civil War, representing a more peaceful era of goodwill. Having been, largely, forgotten after the Restoration of 1660, the Victorians revived this convivial personification of feasting and merrymaking; gradually becoming the bringer of gifts in the tradition of the American Santa Claus. A jovial collection of early 20th century images of Father Christmas. Reproducing original British, European and American Christmas cards from c.190020 and an image from a festive 1930s biscuit tin. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 9.99 |
| "Woodland Winter Cards" |
| "Bold portraits of woodland creatures; given a fresh, immediacy by the use of flattened perspective and a highly graphic style, recalling the influence of Japanese woodcuts. Includes closely observed studies by Margery Stephenson (b.1929) and Jean Gilder (fl.197080s). Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 7.99 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
