1910s - Antique French Postcard - Ornate Baby Carriage - Hand-Tinted Flowers - 'Heureuse Fête' - Vintage Document Ephemera

This early 20th-century French postcard presents a delicate composition centered on a wicker cart filled with flowers, including daisies, carnations, and sprigs of foliage. The cart, rendered with fine detail and soft coloring, rests on ornate wheels and is adorned with ribbons. Suspended from the arrangement is a decorative card inscribed with “Heureuse Fête” (Happy Celebration), suggesting its original purpose as a festive greeting card. The restrained use of hand-applied color against a sepia background enhances the elegance of the design.

The lower left corner bears a green 5-centime French stamp depicting “La Semeuse” (the sower), a well-known symbol of the French Third Republic, providing a precise historical anchor for the piece. This postcard combines floral symbolism with refined typography, typical of early 1900s greeting cards, and represents both a decorative and commemorative artifact. Its preserved imagery conveys the aesthetic sensibilities of the Belle Époque and the tradition of sending illustrated cards for special occasions.