19th C. Token of Friendship Theorem: From a True Friend chainstitch and another tiny house at

and another tiny house at bottom right

)  on its own in many positions

and many more on the back side

and I believe may reference Louis XIV

I'm not entirely certain the identities of the historic

19th C. Token of Friendship Theorem: From a True Friend chainstitch and another tiny house atIn my book, it's always time for a valentine or token of friendship, and what a lovely one is this, From a True Friend indeed! The text appears to have been block printed, the rest done in watercolor and ink by hand (using hand cut stencils, which is how theorems were made, and, I recently learned, the paint was often blown onto the paper via a glass tube, like a straw; at least so I was told!) A lovely example, and unlike others I've seen mid 19th c.