Four Hearts from Eugene to Charlie, Antique PA Folded Paper Love Token embellishment pinpricked drawings/paintings on paper

pinpricked drawings/paintings on paper

--that really sold me on this American schoolgirl sampler

Near the lip on one side is the original Arabia sticker

15" t x 3 3/4" w with arms down

and warm patina to the dry wood surface

Four Hearts from Eugene to Charlie, Antique PA Folded Paper Love Token embellishment pinpricked drawings/paintings on paperFirst 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