Victorian Die-Cut Heart Greeting Card with Child & Purple Flowers

With an unnervingly serene smirk, a curly-haired girl in a yellow dress with a white lace collar clutches a single red rose while nested inside a red heart trimmed with gold, surrounded by so many purple daisies she appears to be slowly consumed by them. The inner heart frame of golden vines and yet more purple daisies ensures that absolutely no negative space survived the production process, because Victorian designers believed empty space was where the Devil lived. 'Loving greeting,' the card whispers in elegant script, as though two words were sufficient to justify deploying an entire child as an emotional hostage.