Antique Folded Paper Cuts - Set of Three swordfish having seen pieces in a

having seen pieces in a couple of exhibitions of Inuit prints (that blew me away) over the past few years

and a perfect one I think for stashing love letters or favorite photos or other keepsakes of the most dear (deer

I'm not especially interested I'm relics of war for their historic value

but I am pretty certain it is Chinese

and then rounded on the bottom to sit nicely on whatever surface one might choose to display it

Antique Folded Paper Cuts - Set of Three swordfish having seen pieces in aLovely things, and if I were smart I would put them in a nice old frame, but I do try to keep things simple. Late 19th c. or so, I believe, and cut of a thin, natural colored paper perhaps by a kindergarten teacher or perhaps as love tokens of sorts, I am not completely sure. I purchased these from the collection of the late Elizabeth Baird, a lifetime collector of fine ephemera and valentines, and personally view them as in the latter category. I'll