Antique Victorian Valentines Day Card - Die-Cut Lace, Flowers, Boy, Flute, Pop-Up

This is an antique Victorian die-cut Valentine's Day card, likely from the mid-to-late 1800s.

It is a highly decorative, multi-layered greeting card featuring die-cut paper lace, chromolithography, and embossed details.

This specific style, featuring detailed paper lace framing the central image, was very popular at the time and features fold-out or pop-up elements.

The text on the front includes phrases like "Love's Greeting" and "Truly Thine" with an image of a person seated in the center.

The card features a short, sweet poem illustrated with an ink-style drawing of apple branches.
The poem on the card reads:

And now the woods are gay,
With carols clear;
The Singing birds proclaim,
That Spring is near.
And I with faithful heart,
Do love thee, Dear!

it is 6x8