Antique French Ribbonwork Floral Spray - Lampshade Decoration young girl with dogs Stencils include butterfly

Stencils include butterfly

Santa has a hard plastic face (helping me to date the piece) wears felt like clothing with edging of chenille

The reverse of the card is blank but has an additional bit of card as well as a more modern day Victorian image applied - lots of room to write your own personalized sentiment

Dating to the late 1890s and once pasted into a Victorian scrap album

the ribbon piece measures 1" wide (loopy end to end) x 9/16" high

Antique French Ribbonwork Floral Spray - Lampshade Decoration young girl with dogs Stencils include butterflyDating to the Art Deco period (1920s or so), may I offer this Made in France French ribbonwork flower spray that once adorned a lady's boudoir lamp shade. Measuring a lengthy 4 5 8" long, width at the center is 1". Entirely handsewn with thread and backed onto a piece of crinoline, the applique decoration embellishment features different types of ribbon in colors of cream, pale pink and light mauve. The applied leaves are a light olive green. While