Civil War Era Hairwork Wreath with Cut Paper Border in Original Carved Frame antique authors game Ink and gouache

Ink and gouache

opens and closes with ease and key turns great

There is a little cracking to the wood on the front side

1 inch in diameter

late 19th century or so

Civil War Era Hairwork Wreath with Cut Paper Border in Original Carved Frame antique authors game Ink and gouacheI was thrilled to find this one at an antiques show last week to my sensibilities an ideal example of a hair work wreath. Mid 19th century, it features at least three or four different samples of hair, likely more, very finely gathered and looped and wound into buds forming the arch of the wreath and then into a larger bow like flower at bottom. All the better to me for being of this intimate scale, and rarer still for being mounted to a cut paper