Fancy Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Couple, Cutaways, Diecuts and Handwritten Verses farm animal but each is singular--and wonderful

but each is singular--and wonderful

The second photo shows it shot flat

and the painterly red and green against ochre patterning of the rug

looks to me both like a face and like a little turtle coming to the end of a long path

I mean really

Fancy Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Couple, Cutaways, Diecuts and Handwritten Verses farm animal but each is singular--and wonderfulA handful of Victorian paper lace valentines today, because 'tis almost the season, and what a lovely thing to give to a beloved, including oneself. I'm fussy about ones I like, choosing these several from more than a hundred 19th c. examples I had the joy of perusing last weekend which 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 I believe