{"product_id":"26528-devotional-prayer-cards-handpainted-devotional-prayer-card-cross-and-sacred-heart-in-a-cartouche-ca-1820","title":"[Devotional Prayer Cards] Handpainted Devotional Prayer Card - Cross and Sacred Heart in a Cartouche, ca. 1820","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-painted devotional prayer card, French or Belgian, ca. 1820, depicting a cross above the Sacred Heart in its crown of thorns, set in a gilt-edged scrolling cartouche against a golden glory, framed by flowers, with an inscribed ribbon below. Hand-drawn and hand-colored in ink, pencil, gouache and watercolor with gilt highlights, mainly on parchment. Number 11 of the group of hand-painted devotional cards from the same collection. \u003cspan style=\"background-color: yellow;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"background-color: yellow;\"\u003eMeasurement\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: yellow;\"\u003eSome of these early nineteenth-century devotional cards were made as \u003ci\u003ecanivets\u003c\/i\u003e, so called after the small knife used to cut their intricate patterns. Cloistered nuns made them to support their convents and charities (such convent work is also known as \u003ci\u003eKlosterarbeiten\u003c\/i\u003e). Entirely hand-cut and painted, they were the precursors of the machine-made lace-paper holy cards of later generations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62896359702687,"sku":"26528","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/IMG_1575.jpg?v=1792946991","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/26528-devotional-prayer-cards-handpainted-devotional-prayer-card-cross-and-sacred-heart-in-a-cartouche-ca-1820","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}