Yes, I'll Remember Thee, c. 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Mirror and Handwritten Verse Inside collectibles The rest of it may

The rest of it may live on somewhere else

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

capturing every feather with clarity

Yes, I'll Remember Thee, c. 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Mirror and Handwritten Verse Inside collectibles The rest of it mayI'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