Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-16
EASTER SOUVENIRS.
The Elegant and Costly Designs for 1884
-Prang,s Prize Card.


Every year witnesses a greater atten-
ton given to minor arts and amongst
them to the illustrations Of cards and
souvenirs for special seasons. The
Easter cards for this season are more
beautiful in design and excel in elegance
and design any that ever before have been
brought to Savannah. The old formlaity
and stiffness of the Easter card has passed
away. In its stead we have the freshness,
the piquancy, the expectancy of the day,
symbOlical of the different spirit of the
age. The influence of art publishers has
been greatly felt IN this direction Of late,
and the time has come when artists whose
fame is made are willing to devote time
and attention to the designing Of apprO-
pirate cards for different seasons. When
such names as Church, Gibson, Satterlee,
and Moran, are found in connection with
cards, when their illustration has brought
out talent like that of Dora Wheeler and
Rosina Emmett, all who have sympathy
with art must watch the development of
designs for various seasons with increas-
ing interest. The reproduction of works
of art in NariOuS WAYS is no new thing,
but it is now brought to perfection upon
various materials, and some of the most
beautiful Easter cards are prints upon
satin in the exact cOlOrs of original paint
ings.
The cards displayed IN the stores of
Messrs. Davis Bros, the Savannah Art
| Company, L. NJ. ConnOr and at Schrein-
er's are all attractive. At the former eS-
/ adjustment the prOprietOrs have invested
over s. 900 in cards, among which are
probably the finest ever brought into the
city, ranging in price for the finest satin
and plush souvenir from $40 down to
the plainest card. The finest souvenir of
! hn j. 10 lV 40 MIN nd in
card, bearing the dove, with the emblem
of life, and a silver cross, with the in
| scriptiOn "He is Risen" across the bar.
Prang's prize card is among the most
/ beautiful designs, with a satin and plush
| background, upon which is an emblema-
/ teal painting, perfectly wrought with the
I most wonderful skill.
There are full-sized doves mounted upon
4 velvet and silk backgrounds, souvenirs
in the shape of baskets of flowers and
/ panels and screens. Among the most at
( tractive is a magnificent plaque hand
/ sOmely finished with satin covering and
bearing a silver bar and cross. This is
an exquisite Easter souvenir, and, to be
| appreciated, must be seen. There are
numerous others, some instructive de-
! signs. with decorations with lilies and
/ other flowers. Then come the cute Eas-
/ ter eggs, the muffs with the delicate
satin handkerchiefs, decorated with APP
/ prOpriate Easter verses, beautiful satin
/ satcllels and other designs. One is natu-
/ rally amazed at the ingenuity and taste
/ displayed in the production of the Easter
I cards this season, and the reader who has
/ not seen the assortment brought out by
/ the enterprising dealers this season would
/ scarcely believe it possible that such
! rapid advance has been made in this line
/ since the Introduction of the simple
/ fringed cards of few years since. The
custom of sending Easter cards or SOU
venirs Of the happy Easter tide is rapidly
supersediug that of Christmas.