Karen Reeds wrote: > I spotted these lovely examples of cut-paper Woven Hearts in an antiquarian > bookdealer's announcement: >https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg
Hi Karen A date of 1830 seems a little early for these hearts. The one on the lower left, commonly known as the Woven Heart, is said to be a discovery of Hans Christian Andersen. What is said to be the earliest surviving example is preserved in the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark. See, for instance, http://hjemmesider.diku.dk/~torbenm/hearts.pdf. I have not been able to verify this information. The one on the right is an example of what I call Cut and Fold Chevron Designs - see https://www.origamiheaven.com/historyofthechevrontrellisandcross.htm - and the earliest evidence I otherwise have of this type of design is from 1863. If the date is genuine it clearly takes the origin of these designs back a few decades. However the evidence of the photo, which appears to only shows part of the writing on the envelope, seems inconclusive. Presumably the bio you quote came from a catalogue? If so I wonder f you could please share the link to that? Dave
