Edwardian XMAS Large Letter Christmas Card with Winter Scene
Text on Card
XMAS With Hearty Good Wishes
Description
Holly sprigs with vivid red berries and glossy green leaves frame this striking large-letter Christmas postcard, their golden-lit foliage crowning the composition. Within the bold, snow-capped 'XMAS' letters adorned with dripping icicles, each character serves as a window into a serene winter landscape — snow-dusted cottages, bare trees, and a glassy reflective river bathed in the warm amber and rose hues of a winter sunset. Set against a rich gold embossed background, this card exemplifies the decorative excess popular in Edwardian-era holiday greetings. The chromolithographic printing achieves remarkable depth, blending the scenic vignette seamlessly with the typographic design. The greeting 'With Hearty Good Wishes' is rendered in clean white serif lettering below, completing this quintessential early 20th-century holiday keepsake.
Subjects
large letters, winter landscape, holly, icicles, cottages, river, snow
Printing Notes
Embossed gold background with textured surface; chromolithographic scenic vignette within letter forms; icicle and snow detailing on letterforms
