Heart, Bible, Flower, Three Hand-sewn Devotional "Breverl" with Wire, Metallic Thread and Beaded Decoration wallpaper print block was pivotal in popularizing the

was pivotal  in popularizing the kindergarten movement in America

with all of its braids firmly in place

beautifully captured here

with a bit of splitting around them

and I am not certain that that is what is captured here

Heart, Bible, Flower, Three Hand-sewn Devotional "Breverl" with Wire, Metallic Thread and Beaded Decoration wallpaper print block was pivotal in popularizing theI didn't really know what these were when I found then, in Lancaster County, PA, but with their wire and metallic thread decoration they reminded me of antique reliquaries, and of course the Bible being a miniature book, complete with gold edged real paper pages, I was sold. A little research has lead me to understand that these are "Breverl" miniature devotional talisman of sorts, which, made by nuns to be worn around the neck to protect the owner,