An albumen silver print cabinet card produced by Heighstedt, whose imprint and address at 226 and 228 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota appear in gilt lettering along the dark lower border of the mount. The image is a bust-length portrait of an unidentified young woman, vignetted with an elaborate decorative surround incorporating tennis rackets, netting, and trailing ivy, an unusual and commercially produced design that places this card in the mid to late 1880s when such novelty mounts were fashionable.

The subject faces the camera directly with a composed expression, her curly hair swept up and pinned loosely at the crown. She wears a dark, high-collared dress with a lace-trimmed neckline, small buttons running down the front, and slightly puffed sleeves at the shoulder. Three round white buttons or medallions are visible at the center of the bodice where it meets the lower decorative border of the mount.

The printed vignette border is among the more elaborate examples of the type, combining fine mesh netting draped at the sides, crossed tennis rackets at the lower center, and dense ivy foliage arching across the top. The reverse is not shown but the front mount design and studio imprint are fully legible and consistent with Minneapolis commercial photography of the period.