- Victorian
- Greeting Card
- Manufacturers
- for Christmas
- and the
- New Year
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De La Rue & Co
Founded in 1835, the firm was famous for its production of bank notes, playing cards and stamps.
De La Rue occupy a prestigious position in the history of the Christmas card, they entered the field around 1872 and ceased publication of greeting cards in 1885.
“Their work throughout is distinguished by a high degree of mechanical excellence and by a great fertility of idea, and one or two of the most notable departures in designs - the classical figures of nude children, for instance - can be traced to their initiation.”
“Christmas Cards and their Chief Designers” by Gleeson White,
The Studio, Special Christmas Issue, 1894.
In 1874 De La Rue opened its new factory, in Bunhill Row, named Star Works, designed by architects Parr & Strong. On the evening of September 11, 1940 as a consequence of enemy action during World War II the premises were burnt out.
- From top
- Thomas De La Rue 1793 - 1866
- Cinderella stamp by De La Rue
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- De La Rue Christmas
- & New Year card
- Series No 414
- 102 x 152mm (4 x 6in)
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