Four Hearts, Feb 1876 Iowa Cut Paper Love Token in Period Gold Leafed Frame hand carved animal or descending toward the earth

or descending toward the earth

All in great

It was an honor and joy for me this week to spend time in her former home surrounded by the things she loved

as he took great care crafting it into a beautiful piece

making a sort of poetry of selected moments in American history as it distills them into a list of sorts

Four Hearts, Feb 1876 Iowa Cut Paper Love Token in Period Gold Leafed Frame hand carved animal or descending toward the earthSpare and lovely. The cut paper form, which I'd call a love token, with four scallop edges hearts each facing toward the center, was cut from an Iowa paper flier dated Feb 23, 1876. Mounted to what looks to be to be a newer (clean and crisp) ribbed black mat, in an antique gold leaf over gesso wooden frame. 10 3 4" x 8 3 4" frame. Cut paper 4 1 4" x 4 1 2". All in very good condition, reads bright and crisp, with general wear around the edges of the