Vintage Dandy Costume Greeting Cards (8/16/24 Pack)

Vintage Dandy Costume Greeting Cards (8/16/24 Pack)

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$22.99
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Vintage Dandy Costume Greeting Cards (8/16/24 Pack)
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La Révolution · Dandy · Greeting Cards

Vintage Dandy Costume Greeting Cards (8/16/24 Pack)

$22.99
Sale price  $22.99 Regular price 
Description

Some cards are discarded with the wrapping. Others end up on the mantelpiece, or tucked into the back of a book, or pinned to a wall for reasons the recipient couldn’t entirely explain. The difference is nearly always the design.

The Vintage Dandy Costume card carries a period French fashion illustration across its full face: the incroyable of the Directoire period, rendered in the manner of the fashion plates that circulated through the salons and coffeehouses of 1790s Paris. The card for the gift given to someone who will recognize immediately what they are looking at — and appreciate that the sender did too. Interior blank, matte finish, envelope included. Packs of 8, 16, or 24.

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Specifications

Format: 4.25″ × 5.5″ (A2)

Finish: Matte

Print: Full-Color Design on Front Face

Interior: Blank, Ready to Write

Envelope: Included

Quantities: 8, 16, or 24 per Pack

Collection: Vintage Voyagers France · La Révolution

A Note from Jeff

The incroyable of the Directoire period dressed with deliberate excess in a city that had just guillotined the aristocracy for excess of a different kind. The fashion plate that documents this figure is not a trivial document: it is a precise record of a moment when personal style was itself a form of argument. On a greeting card, the argument becomes a gift.

For anyone who will recognize immediately what they are looking at.

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