"Antiquities Sticker, Color & Activity Book: Over 200 Unique Stickers" - "" ("Editors of Chartwell Books")(Paperback)

Immerse yourself in the intrigue and elegance of the Victorian era with this treasure trove of ephemera—with 200+ stickers, 50+ activity and coloring pages, and calling cards with envelopes.Whether you’re a sticker lover, scrapbooker, crafter, colorer, or letter writer, you’re sure to find something unique in Antiquities Sticker, Color & Activity Book. The Victorian era of the 19th century was known for many things. It brought us the telephone and telegraph, photographs and electricity, Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens, postage stamps and the Industrial Revolution. But it also ushered in a period of imperialism, the dawn of the suffragist movement, and a greater leisure class. Named after Queen Victoria, elements of the Victorian era were seen across Europe—and “across the pond” in the United States.Along with the growing leisure class came a rise in activities such as novel reading, parlor games, and puzzles. Now you, too, can partake in leisurely pastimes with this activity book’s:  Exquisitely illustrated stickers, with subjects ranging from birds, animals, and plants to clothes, ornate furnishings, and objets d’art. Use them to decorate envelopes, gift wrap, letters, scrapbooks, photo albums, or the enclosed Victorian calling cards and envelopes that you can personalize. On the backs of the sticker pages are quotations from notable Victorians.Calling cards and easy-to-assemble envelopes. Similar to today’s business cards, calling cards were carried b
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