Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair container high--but not too high--pitched sound

high--but not too high--pitched sound

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the signature here is a close match and both the subject and style seem plausible

Clara's 19th C. Hand-Sewn Velvet Covered Basket Filled with Collected Hair container high--but not too high--pitched soundPerhaps not everyone would find a hand sewn basket filled to overflowing with human hair a tender and special thing but I certainly do! Perhaps this hair was gathered in advance of making an elaborate Victorian hair wreath, or maybe a hair album or maybe Clara was just stashing away her own hair in this basket, to have at the ready for friends and family who might to do the same. who can know for sure? Whatever the case, to me there is something