The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cardinal Grosbeak Spinning Ornament
38,00 USD
Description
Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas ornaments. In 1888, the Virginia-based tobacco company Allen & Ginter issued a series of 50 trade cards depicting various avian species. This cardinal, delicately perched on a rotating bough, nods to a commercial lithograph from that series titled Birds of America, which was designed to promote Allen & Ginter Brand Cigarettes. To learn more about the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, read our blog post