Woman in Finery with Hand-drawn Face, Wonderful Late 18th/Early 19th Century Silk Embroidery on Paper mid 1800s valentine with all original hardware in

with all original hardware in place

and would guess late 19th c or so

Each measures approximately 7 1/2" wide x 1 3/4" tall x 3/8" at thickest

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Looks to me like just one small iron nail--with nice bleed around it--securing the two parts together

Woman in Finery with Hand-drawn Face, Wonderful Late 18th/Early 19th Century Silk Embroidery on Paper mid 1800s valentine with all original hardware inI purchased this one from a very knowledgable, longtime dealer of antique textiles and folk art with an exquisite eye. A few years ago I purchased a marvelous silk embroidery of a very folky bird on brown paper just like this, in original frame under very thin blown glass one of my favorite things ever, and which immediately came to mind when I saw this. This is very early 19th century or perhaps even late 18th, American I believe, and the dealer