Title: Valentine with lace paper and faux pearls
Object type: Valentine
Date: ca. 1855
Artist: Attributed to Esther Howland 
Artist bio: American, Worcester, Massachusetts 1828–1904 Quincy, Massachusetts
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Cameo-embossed lace paper, chromolithographed die-cuts, faux pearls, blue satin, white satin ribbon, gold paper stars, graphite, ink, watercolor
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 7/8 in. (23.2 × 20 cm)
Classification: Ephemera
Credit line: Gift of Gladys Norbury, 1957
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY