Linda Peck, My Valentine 
Valentine with poem; pinprick patterns 
Puzzle Purse Valentine, to be curiously
folded (1816)
Roxanne Boyd
Valentines as a form of American folk art were used as tokens of friendship, love, or loss in the Victorian period. Paper cut into lattice shapes of hearts and hands, were symbolic of a charitable giving heart, and sometimes associated with Shakers and other religious or social organizations. Using hair braided or woven into knots could add a personal element to the card.
Oberlin library special collections (tumblr 2020)
lace paper Valentine, elaborately embellished
(circa 1850). Nancy Rosin collection, A Victorian Treasury: The Valentine Resource.
Link to Nancy Rosin, A Victorian Treasury: The Valentine Resource
