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🎄💌 Set of 2 Original Antique 1920s–1930s Art Deco Christmas Greeting Cards – Unused
Up for sale is an exceptional pair of authentic 1920s/1930s Art Deco holiday cards featuring high-style modernist graphics. Both cards are unused with no handwritten names or messages, making them ideal for framing or adding to a premier vintage ephemera collection.
1. "Nöel Nöel" Harlequin & Flapper Folded Card
Design: Vibrant, Pochoir-style theatrical illustration in lavender, pink, yellow, and black featuring a 1920s flapper Columbine and Harlequin jester among stylized florals.
Artist Signature: Signed "D.H." in the plate at the bottom right.
2. Geometric Modernist Embossed Candles Card (Printed in Saxony)
Design: Striking Machine-Age / Bauhaus-inspired geometric composition with bold concentric circles, diagonal orange/brown sunbeams, metallic gold accents, and two tall red taper candles. Front reads: "Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year".
Origin & Texture: Deeply blind-embossed from the reverse; stamped "PRINTED IN SAXONY" on the back lower-left corner.
🏷️ Condition:
Excellent antique unused condition with remarkably vivid colors and crisp corners. Minimal age toning on the reverse; the Saxony card has a tiny, faint vintage pencil mark ("10") on the top-left back. Envelopes are not included. Please review all photos with the ruler for exact scale and condition details.
Be aware that due to aging, you may notice dust soiling and/or worn corners. From a smoke and mold-free home. No musty odors. Please carefully review all photos; they are part of the description and condition report, and show the exact item you will receive. Let me know if you would like to see additional photos. No repairs have been attempted. Sold as found.
Will be packaged in protective archival sleeves and shipped flat between rigid cardboard boards.