A snowbound farmstead glows amber at its windows beneath a pewter winter sky in a circular vignette, while a lush spray of embossed mistletoe with ivory berries sweeps across the lower foreground — this German-printed New Year card is a small masterpiece of the chromolithographic embossing art that flourished before the Great War ended that trade forever. Written in German on the back in an elegant hand, the card was sent for the New Year of 1911 by a sender named Henry, who apologizes for the late arrival of a previous card and mentions receiving the recipient's card after Christmas, noting he had posted his own on December 22nd and was out Saturday evening when their earlier note arrived. The card was printed in Germany and mailed through what appears to be a New York or East Coast postmark.