Edwardian Valentine Greeting Card with Fashionable Woman in Feathered Hat

The embossed hearts covering every inch of the background are what first catch the eye—a wallpaper-like sea that makes her seem to float as though haunting it. This woman has committed fully to a striped, jewel-brooch-adorned hat topped with aggressive feathers, the kind of headgear that says 'I will outlive all of you.' She clutches carnations to her fur-collared chest with the energy of someone who received these flowers from a person she is absolutely going to destroy. The script at the bottom reads 'Valentine Greeting' in red cursive, which feels less like a romantic overture and more like a formal declaration of intent.