Edwardian Love Greeting Card - The Awakening of Love

Behind the couple's breathless moment, a painted decorative screen serves as backdrop to what's titled 'The Awakening of Love' — an Art Deco fever dream where a man in a dark suit leans aggressively across a restaurant table toward a woman in a pink dress, their faces inches apart while a bouquet of flowers and a wine bottle serve as chaperones no one asked for. The ornate panels frame this whole scene like a stage set for a play called 'Sir, This Is A Wendy's.' She's wearing a feathered headpiece because apparently love requires costuming, and he's basically horizontal over the table, which raises serious questions about what happened to his chair and his sense of personal boundaries. The Awakening of Love, indeed — specifically the awakening of the maitre d' who is definitely about to ask them to leave.