Huwelijksaankondiging aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1901

This is an anonymous marriage announcement to Philip Zilcken, printed sometime around 1901. What strikes me is the texture of the paper, its almost like a canvas that has aged and worn over time. You can see slight discolouration and a pattern of brown flecks which, for me, evoke a sense of warmth and age. The text is not handwritten but printed, which somehow gives it a formal and public tone, in contrast to the intimate and private nature of the event it announces. The serifs on the font of the letters feels quite antiquated to my eye, like old moss on a rockface. It makes me think of a Robert Walser novel, something very beautiful and obscure, where the mundane somehow becomes sublime. Anyway, that's just what it brings to my mind, but of course, it can be many things to many people.