Description: This Large 1800's Christmas Die Cut has Stunning Angels Handing Out Toys to Children. The larger angel has a hearing device and a doll. She has pink wings. The smaller angel is ringing bells and has pink wings. This die cut is attached to a scrapbook page with several other scraps. The die is embossed and glossy.
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: 11-1/4 " W x 12" H. The Whole Page.
Condition: Corners and edges are slightly worn.