Antique Cut and Woven Paper Hearts on Hand-written Letter handmade textile with the decoration at the

with the decoration at the top centers reminding one of heavenly rays of light shining down on whomever or whatever is housed in the frames

with a soft ochre yellow for the interior of the ears and black squiggles all over for the fur

Dimensions: 12 15/16" l x 6 1/6" d x 2 5/8" t

and a very satisfying object I must say

Antique Cut and Woven Paper Hearts on Hand-written Letter handmade textile with the decoration at theI'm always looking for antique cut paper valentines, of which I think this is a very lovely example, and it's a resourcefully made one too: turning it over reveals that it was fashioned from a hand written letter (still largely readable!), with the backs of several of the colored hearts showing that they were cut from some other sort of printed matter too. The letter itself begins: "It is very hot and dry down here" making it feel especially apt for