Annotated Collected Hair Locks Stitched to Paper with Handwritten Names and Notes #1, 1866 figure studies beautifully done

beautifully done

but I think shows very beautifully

tail and paws were individually carved then attached

to which the brass is tightly adhered

on both sides

Annotated Collected Hair Locks Stitched to Paper with Handwritten Names and Notes #1, 1866 figure studies beautifully doneThis 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