Vintage Easter Greeting Card with Bunny and Violets

Vintage Easter Greeting Card with Bunny and Violets

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OccasionEaster
EraVictorian
Decade1880s-1890s
Stylechromolithograph
Colorscream, pale green, purple, brown, pink
Vibesanthropomorphic, whimsical

Text on Card

Loving Easter Wishes

Description

Soft pastels wash over this charming Victorian Easter greeting card, with cream and pale green backgrounds creating a gentle foundation for the whimsical tableau within. A sleeping child nestled in a small metal-framed bed sits alongside delicate purple violets and a large, dignified brown rabbit, while a small white rabbit figurine stands on the bed between them. Embossed details create dimensional texture throughout the design, and the artist skillfully combines traditional Easter symbolism—the rabbit and springtime flowers—with the sentimentality characteristic of late 19th-century greeting card production. Printed text reading "Loving Easter Wishes" in multicolored letters anchors the design.

Subjects

sleeping child, large brown rabbit, small white rabbit figurine, violets, bed, spring flowers

Printing Notes

Embossed details with gold leaf accents on background oval. Multi-layer color printing with delicate shading and highlights.

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