Exquisite, Unusual Late 18th/Early 19th C Pinprick and Watercolor Love Token folk art hook It's a quintessential example of

It's a quintessential example of the work of Weston (1922-2015) and Brenda Andersen

A little further research leads me to believe that he was a member of the very prominent Sayward family of York Maine

it's amazing

Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries ("Suzani" comes from the Persian "Suzan"

but all of the lids come off easily and close tight

Exquisite, Unusual Late 18th/Early 19th C Pinprick and Watercolor Love Token folk art hook It's a quintessential example ofThis exquisite thing is many times better in person, where you can clearly see every tiny pin prick in the paper (details give a better sense.) All those tiny pricked holes really amplify its graphicness and impart it with an intimate sort of intensity (or intense sort of intimacy) and my goodness, wha a lot of labor and care invested in it. I'm just back from the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair as I write this not where I purchased this, but where I