Early Woven Paper Heart and Hand (with Extra Long Fingers) in Presumed Original Frame book of puzzles it fills me with joy

it fills me with joy to look at this

and the yellow glow emitting from within--and also how it fills almost the whole paper

And though it does so fairly subtly

in their blue and gray worker's clothing

Early Woven Paper Heart and Hand (with Extra Long Fingers) in Presumed Original Frame book of puzzles it fills me with joyI've looked at quite a lot of antique love tokens including many cut and woven paper hearts, but rarer to find an early heart and hand combined, and I don't think I've ever seen a hand with such long and slender fingers! This is for sure an early one, c. 1820s 30s, very finely cut and woven, and in what I believe is its original frame, backed with beautiful hand marbled paper. There is some toning, particularly to that first long finger, but over 200