Hold to Light! Very Finely Pinpricked Leaf with Face on Yellow Paper, Earlier 19th Century original framed art which are covered with clear

which are covered with clear plastic

near Albany

One of them shows loss at the very bottom end

To my eye a beautifully primitive

Hold to Light! Very Finely Pinpricked Leaf with Face on Yellow Paper, Earlier 19th Century original framed art which are covered with clearI love this for feeling like a magical little secret, and that the paper should be sun yellow is just right. Its survival feels pretty miraculous too easy to miss that this is anything more than a plain slip of paper. My efforts to photograph the very finely pinpricked design fell a bit short, but details give a sense. It looks to me that there is a figure nestled into the face of this leaf, with face in 3 4 profile, perhaps an acorn hat on his head!