Early Woven Paper Heart and Hand (with Extra Long Fingers) in Presumed Original Frame correspondance right down to the white

right down to the white clogs

3 5/16" x 2 13/16"

Love at first sight with this flock

Hammett sold the company to a group of Massachusetts investors

the beauties of the old paint are subtle

Early Woven Paper Heart and Hand (with Extra Long Fingers) in Presumed Original Frame correspondance right down to the whiteI'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