Vintage Victorian Antique Christmas Die-Cut with Two Santa's, Holly & Tree

Vintage Victorian Antique Christmas Die-Cut has Two Santa's one dressed in red carrying a bell and a Christmas tree. The other Santa is dressed in red carrying a piece of holly with red berries. The die-cut is embossed and glossy.

Business cards, ribbons, literary excerpts, and eventually. Were all preserved on the pages of these memory books. In response to the scrap booking trend, 19th-century bookmakers designed blank albums with elaborate, tooled-leather covers, gilt paper edgings, and engraved clasps.

The earliest materials explicitly produced as die-cut scrap for decorating homemade albums were black-and-white, hand-colored etchings. As lithography processes improved, bright colors, textured embossing, and glossy finishes were employed to enhance the printed imagery. Had become the leaders in such scrap production. Successful companies like Currier & Ives and Raphael Tuck & Sons created beautiful scrap pieces alongside smaller brands like Allen & Ginter and Littauer & Boysen. But the German die cuts are considered the best because of the details of their tooling process. Measures 9-1/4" W x 6-5/8" H. Condition: Corners and edges are slightly worn. The item "Vintage Victorian Antique Christmas Die-Cut with Two Santa's, Holly & Tree" is in sale since Monday, October 31, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Holiday & Seasonal\Christmas\ Vintage (Pre-1946)\Figures\Santa". The seller is "bungalowblondie2" and is located in San Diego, California.

This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany