Atelier 522

Gift shop in Neustadt, Ontario

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An picture of a greeting card showing the image of the greens from Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, published in 1821
The reverse side of a greeting card featuring Werner's 'Greens", from the book Werner's Nomenclature of Colours published in 1821
Greeting card showing a vintage illustration of blocks of colours and their meanings. Colour chart adapted from 'thought-forms' by annie besant and cw leadbeater (1905).
Greeting card showing vintage illustration of gem stones in three columns. Adapted from 'the cabinet of gems; or vocabulary of precious stones, coloured and arranged according to their comparative value: together with a description of the largest known diamonds and coloured gems in the world', s batchelor (1840).
Greeting card showing a vintage illustration of the front and back view of two human skeletons. Card reads "Anatomy of a birthday suit" Adapted from ‘human skeleton: front and back views.’ coloured line engraving by j. Pass, 1796. Wellcome collection.
Greeting card with vintage illustration of a whole lemon and bisected lemon.Adapted from a watercolour by deborah griscom passmore (1891).
A greeting card showing a vintage illustration of a variety of different flowers and their meanings. Adapted from an edwardian postcard illustrating 18 different flowers and their symbolic meaning. The idea that a flower could represent a particular sentiment was popular in victorian times. Garden museum collection.
A greeting card with a vintage illustration of a typewriter. Adapted from us patent application filed in july 1897. Manufactured by the underwood typewriter company, franz wagner’s design was the first widely available machine that employed a ‘front strike’ of the typebars, allowing the letters to be seen as they are being typed.
A greeting card featuring rows of text in latin, translating various ways to say "to Love" from English to Latin. Adapted from 'latin primer: a first book of latin for boys and girls', joseph henry allen (1870). Courtesy the library of congress.
An picture of a greeting card showing the image of the greens from Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, published in 1821
Greeting card with vintage illustration of colourful art pencils.Colour illustration adapted from a.w. Faber’s 1897 stationery catalogue.
A greeting card showing a vintage illustration of two swans in their natural habitat. Adapted from 'collection of quadrupedal animals: coloured plates without text', georges-louis leclerc, comte de buffon (1754). Buffon’s 36 volume work, 'histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére', influenced the evolutionary ideas of lamarck. Courtesy university of strasbourg library.
A vintage illustration of a variety of men's whiskers drawn in red ink. Adapted from 'some account of the beard and the moustachio, chiefly from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century', john repton (1839). ‘reasons for wearing a moustache’ (above) is taken from an undated newspaper clipping glued to the inside cover of the book. Wellcome collection.

Greeting Cards

$7.50

Post it or frame it. When was the last time you popped a hand written note in the mail? These greeting cards might inspire you.

Images adapted from various vintage publications.

Description

170mm x 120mm (6 3/4″ x 4 3/4″)
Blank inside. Individually wrapped in a compostable bag with a 120gsm recycled kraft envelope. Printed with vegetable-based inks on a carbon neutral press using responsibly sourced, 300gsm Italian paper.
Made in United Kingdom • Weight: 22.7 g (0.8 oz)

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Greens, Fern, Lemon, Artist Pencils, Anatomy of a BirthdaySuit, Cabinet of Gems, Latin Primer, Meanings of Colour, Language of Flowers, Swans, Typewriter, Whiskers

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