Yes, I'll Remember Thee, c. 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Mirror and Handwritten Verse Inside collectibles and this one both warms

and this one both warms and breaks my heart

transforming as they cross borders of the rounded forms

when commercial knitting--made by knitting machines--would have primarily been used for knitting underwear

" and the seven others show an array of options for the sorts of cards that might be ordered

original glass in the frame and wired back for hanging

Yes, I'll Remember Thee, c. 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Mirror and Handwritten Verse Inside collectibles and this one both warmsI've found exactly one other antique paper lace valentine with a mirror of this sort, c. 1840s, here with mirror bordered in wreath of hand colored die cut flowers. And here with a silver die cut ribbon just above it, which looks quite a lot in form like ribbon tied hair wreath memento of the era. I'm just a sucker for these, such pretty and delicate things delivering sweet sentiments. And here a pasted verse on the front and then a handwritten one