The tenth day of Christmas

3 January 2008 by pcNielsen Leave a Comment

I’ve been looking for good artistic images of Christmas trees the last few weeks but came up empty. Searching again today I ran across this old post card. Greeting cards — indeed, any kind of personal paper mail — has always been something I very much enjoy, and the vintage aspect all the more.

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I found the image on the Brocante Home Chronicles blog. This, of course, inspired me to Google for other Christmas card fair, and I straightaway searched for some of the beautifully illustrated greeting cards from the Victorian era. I liked this one from 1878:

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Filed under Art, Drawing, Illustration

About pcNielsen
Paul Nielsen founded The Aesthetic Elevator late in 2005, posting to it for the first time in early 2006. He owns a piece of paper, located somewhere in his house (not on the wall) stating that he earned a B.F.A. in studio art from the University of Nebraska around about 2001. While there, he studied studied architecture, graphic design and ceramics, graduating with a degree in studio art. Paul presently serves as communications manager for a small non-profit doing their print design and marketing. He spends time in his garage studio as much as possible — which is not nearly enough. His home is in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Visit his website at http://pcNielsen.com.

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