Description: These Vintage Halloween Die Cuts have (3) Pumpkins, Crescent Moons with faces with Moons with (2) Cats, (2) Owls and (2) witches. Die Cuts are embossed.
"History of Die
Cuts: "During the Victorian Era (1837-1901), middle-class households
would often have a family scrap album, where the bits of paper collected each
day could be collages onto its thick pages. Ticket stubs, brochures, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, paper dolls, postcards, business cards, ribbons,
literary excerpts, and eventually photographs were
all preserved on the pages of these memory books. In response to
the scrap booking trend, 19th-century bookmakers designed blank
albums with elaborate, tooled-leather covers, gilt paper edgings, and engraved
clasps. The earliest materials explicitly produced as die-cut “scrap” for
decorating homemade albums were black-and-white, hand-colored etchings. As
lithography processes improved, bright colors, textured embossing, and glossy
finishes were employed to enhance the printed imagery. By the late 1800s, Britain, Germany, and the United
States had become the leaders in such scrap production. Successful
companies like Currier & Ives and Raphael Tuck & Sons created beautiful
scrap pieces alongside smaller brands like Allen & Ginter and Littauer
& Boysen. But the German die cuts are considered the best because of the
details of their tooling process."
Measures: 6-1/4 " W x 4-1/2" H. All pieces.
Condition: Corners and edges are slightly worn.
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