Antique French Victorian Large Mourning Hair Art Frame Reliquary Tomb 1837
ANTIQUE FRENCH VICTORIAN LARGE MOURNING HAIR ART FRAME RELIQUARY TOMB 1837. An antique French Napoleon III era sentimental hair artwork mourning memento. It is unusual and crafted from hair as a lasting memento of a lost loved one. Set under a domed convex glass and housed within an ebonized wooden frame with brass surround. In overall good antique condition with some wear to the wooden frame. This beautiful piece was created with brown hair. It represents a tomb under a leaning tree. On the tomb the date of November 17, 1837. It is a large size and in very good condition. This item was have been a keepsake intended to exist throughout a lifetime, much the same as a photograph today would be. So popular, specialty shops devoted to this art medium were once throughout Europe, and France, the great factories of works in hair where the artists-designers have spent countless hours working hair skillfully entrusted to flowers, curls and braids, and / or rarely landscapes to commemorate. (18 cm) 7.09 height. (17.5 cm) 6.89 width. We are very pleased to help. Please check with your country? The item "ANTIQUE FRENCH VICTORIAN LARGE MOURNING HAIR ART FRAME RELIQUARY TOMB 1837" is in sale since Monday, November 22, 2021. This item is in the category "Antiques\Furniture\Other Antique Furniture".
The seller is "denicheur51" and is located in Bassu. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: France
- Style: Victorian
- Item Height: 7.09"
- Sub-Style: French
- Material: hair, glass, wood, brass
- Width: 6.89"
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Type: framed hair art
- Color: Black
- Brand: unknown
