Annotated Collected Hair Locks Stitched to Paper with Handwritten Names and Notes #1, 1866 figure studies I just love the shape

I just love the shape of these old treen threaded cases

to which the brass is tightly adhered

tail and paws were individually carved then attached

on both sides

Annotated Collected Hair Locks Stitched to Paper with Handwritten Names and Notes #1, 1866 figure studies I just love the shapeThis came from a small collection of hair locks and wreaths I just purchased, all dating to the 1860s and all stitched to or tucked into bits of paper annotated with names and notes. I considered listing them as a collection, but realized much of what I find beautiful about these is their specificity and singularity in form and content (color, composition, etc.) and so am more inclined to treat them as individual drawings of sorts, and to hold them up