Rare Spencerian Calling Card Salesman Samples in Presumed Original Frame Japanese tea ceremony but would also make an

but  would also make an excellent frame for a mirror

my favorite thing

but hadn't thought to look for CDV's of the same until coming across this one while digging through a box of old photos and ephemera in Maine this week

and hopefully into the home of someone else who love them despite (or precisely because of) their wounded state

something about the yellow on tin

Rare Spencerian Calling Card Salesman Samples in Presumed Original Frame Japanese tea ceremony but would also make anYou know I love Spencerian calligraphy all those birds and flourishes and beautiful lettering but what makes this especially special, and rarer, is that it appears to have been a salesman sample calligrapher's display piece, showing examples of the sorts of calling cards that could be ordered by clients. The banners of the upper left card together read "Cards Written To Order," and the seven others show an array of options for the sorts of cards that