Color-printed textile with Christmas / New Year's theme. It is a square shaped fabric of unwashed cotton with its original sizing and four cut, unfinished. Overall green ground color. Pictured at center is a romantic portrayal of a couple in formal Edwardian period formal wear appearing to be on the verge of embracing. Surrounding the couple like a wreath are 22 white name card shapes with 18 names handwritten in various hands with blue ink. At top center is "Frank S. Graybill", flanked on the right by "Christmas / 1906" and on the left by "New Year / 1907".
The borders have a music theme: above the "name wreath" is "Should auld" and below is "acquaintance be forgot." Along both top and bottom edge is the musical score of "Auld Lang Syne". At sides are musical instruments; at left is a guitar and harp and at right is a lute and a violin. At lower right corner is "COPYRIGHTED 1905".
Provenance
Donor found item in a vacated house on top of a piano.
Very good overall with strong color. Staining is the major problem; considerable number of brown blotches seen on the back and coming through on the front. Most visible from the back.
Object ID
2017.007
Notes
The 18 names are being researched, but most seem to come from the Maytown area.
