Antique Cut and Woven Paper Hearts on Hand-written Letter handmade textile The paper of the postcard

The paper of the postcard was painted a sort of matte pinking gray

late 60s or 70s

so I'm not resisting happy

Dimensions: 12 15/16" l x 6 1/6" d x 2 5/8" t

with a soft ochre yellow for the interior of the ears and black squiggles all over for the fur

Antique Cut and Woven Paper Hearts on Hand-written Letter handmade textile The paper of the postcardI'm always looking for antique cut paper valentines, of which I think this is a very lovely example, and it's a resourcefully made one too: turning it over reveals that it was fashioned from a hand written letter (still largely readable!), with the backs of several of the colored hearts showing that they were cut from some other sort of printed matter too. The letter itself begins: "It is very hot and dry down here" making it feel especially apt for