French Antique Love Letters

French Antique Love Letters

 

 

French antique love letters are hard to come by. Love letters aren't just between two lovers, the one above was written to someone's grandfather. 

 

French Antique Love Letters

 

The love letters that I found are on embossed paper (14 x 10 inches). Most have paper flowers and birds on them, often tied with a pastel ribbon. The words written are poetic, well chosen, tenderly scripted. 

 

 

French Antique Love Letters

 

The love letters were not from the same person, though from the same family. Letters to a husband, a mother, a grandfather, a daughter, a husband to be….

A love story

A family's story.

Spoken.

Held.

Treasured.

 

 

French Antique Love Letters

 

 

Marguerite.

 

A child.

A love letter.

No age is too young, nor too old…

Love.

 

 

French Antique Love Letters

 

A love letter to start the year.

1898.

 



Comments

6 responses to “French Antique Love Letters”

  1. OH MY GOSH….I LOVE THIS POST—WHY YOU MAY ASK BECAUSE I LOVE LOVE-in all its glory-LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

  2. Corey, have you ever done the genealogical research to track down the descendants (if any) of these letter-writers? They might be enchanted to know of these epistles. (I sure wish someone would come across letters by my ancestors, and let me know!)

  3. What treasures . . . I loved this!

  4. Romantic and sweet. There is a bit of history and a bit of mystery in these antique letters.

  5. What beautiful, embossed paper! A truly lost art in this world of technology…

  6. The hand writing, paper, and words of love are just beautiful!

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