Charming C. 1930s Herbarium, 20 Specimens Preserved Under Wraps with Handwritten Descriptions handmade valentines with shield at upper left

with shield at upper left

for its simultaneous concision and expansiveness of meaning/ interpretation

This is constructed like a shadow box

the color and pattern of the needlepoint on this early 19th c

Charming C. 1930s Herbarium, 20 Specimens Preserved Under Wraps with Handwritten Descriptions handmade valentines with shield at upper leftThere are much more stunningly beautiful, much earlier herbarium out there, but I really love this one, with the collected botanical specimens preserved under film with celluloid tape around their borders, which has both kept them very well protected and makes the whole thing feel particularly time capsule esque. Twenty specimens here by my count, and some great ones among them, including a Jack in the Pulpit, which I at least have always thought