One Last Victorian Paper Lace Valentine, c. 1840s with Watercolored Pansies (Blank Interior) oil on board portrait I have found a few

I have found a few other examples

their faces veiled (I assume these women are nuns)

and hand-drawn graphite decoration too

at the end of the day it's a very fine braided and woven antique Penobscot Northeast Coast Native American basket like this one--Shaker-like in its material integrity--that really takes my breath away

One Last Victorian Paper Lace Valentine, c. 1840s with Watercolored Pansies (Blank Interior) oil on board portrait I have found a fewOne last Victorian paper lace valentine today, because 'tis almost valentine season, and what a lovely thing to give to a beloved, including oneself. I'm fussy about ones I like, choosing this and several sold last week from more than a hundred 19th c. examples that had been collected over many years by a major Maine based paper dealer, whose collection was not long ago acquired by another Maine dealer and friend. This one c. 1840s, with the pansies