Vintage Birthday Greeting Card Red Rose Gold Edwardian Era

Whoever painted this deep burgundy-red rose on a muddy gold background absolutely had a Type A personality and something to prove — the bloom is rendered with such aggressive, almost meaty dimensionality that it looks less like a birthday gift and more like a threat. There's a lone bud reaching upward with a tiny smear of teal at its tip, which is either a charming printing accident or proof that the artist briefly lost their mind. The white serif text squeezed into the bottom right corner delivers 'A HAPPY BIRTHDAY' with the energy of someone who forgot to sign the card until the last possible second.