Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine Kilkenny Studio I think it seems both

I think it seems both quintessentially early 1980s and also timeless

and is a good one either hung from one nail or just sitting on the shelf

1950s and made a promotional giveaway I believe

blocks are one inch cubes

This drawing dates to the very early 20th c

Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine Kilkenny Studio I think it seems bothI surely would not much have enjoyed living in the 1830s, but I'm invariably smitten with the naive watercolors and ink drawings and cut paper love tokens of that decade, especially. This one, which appears to have been given to an Edmund Hawley of Norfolk (CT I believe) from an Alanson Bunnel on Dec. 2, 1831, is lovely example, combining cut paper hearts and diamonds (made by folding the paper) and ink drawn flowers and flourishes. I've turned up one