Four Hearts from Eugene to Charlie, Antique PA Folded Paper Love Token embellishment --that really sold me on

--that really sold me on this American schoolgirl sampler

and the overall effect it creates of glimpsing into a private world

and warm patina to the dry wood surface

sensitively detailed face

6 7/8" t x 4 1/4" w

Four Hearts from Eugene to Charlie, Antique PA Folded Paper Love Token embellishment --that really sold me onFirst of all, I love that this valentine was gifted from a Eugene (Britzer) to a Charlie (Kulp, I believe). Second, I love it because I like to think Eugene was applying his Froebel kindergarten paper folding skills to making it (the paper from which it was made certainly suggests that was so). But the addition of those four perfect red hearts made it his own. And what a perfectly resolved thing which could be a Christmas time love token too! Small