Exquisite, Unusual Late 18th/Early 19th C Pinprick and Watercolor Love Token mid-century abstract painting approx 1/2 across at opening

approx 1/2 across at opening

but I find her an incredibly tender thing

9 5/8" x 7" sight

I believe this one likely dates to the late 19th/early 20th c

Basketry pin cushion measures 1 3/8" across

Exquisite, Unusual Late 18th/Early 19th C Pinprick and Watercolor Love Token mid-century abstract painting approx 1/2 across at openingThis 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