C. 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Watercolored Flowers in Period Lemon Gold Frame naive carving which makes it just about

which makes it just about the ultimate needlework to me

just as found

the bold graphicness of these piecework squares in a grid of five by five against indigo blue calico I couldn't resist

I'm guessing 1940s-50s

when I found one in Pennsylvania

C. 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Watercolored Flowers in Period Lemon Gold Frame naive carving which makes it just aboutIt's always the season for a good valentine, but now its almost the specific season too and this is a very lovely one, paper lace with watercolor flowers in the perfect lemon gold period frame. C. 1840s. I think likely produced by H. Dobbs & Co., London, a renowned producer of valentines in this manner. Better than any box of chocolates and much more enduring! 6 5 8" x 4 7 8" framed, as found, under glass, in lovely lemon gold period frame. Beautiful