One Last Victorian Paper Lace Valentine, c. 1840s with Watercolored Pansies (Blank Interior) oil on board portrait including for use drying and

including for use drying and stretching your gloves still

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

and eyes just barely peeking out from underneath that tall hat

I have found a few other examples

which make these great for travel

One Last Victorian Paper Lace Valentine, c. 1840s with Watercolored Pansies (Blank Interior) oil on board portrait including for use drying andOne 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