Antique French Victorian Mourning Hair Art Convex Glass Frame Reliquary -1898

ANTIQUE FRENCH VICTORIAN MOURNING HAIR ART CONVEX GLASS FRAME RELIQUARY -1898. 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 a lock of hair and a date written in ink : 1er Fevréier 1898 - February 1, 1898. This has never been opened and still has its original label, with the name of the house that created it at the time Charleux.... Bijoutier Dessinateur en cheveux Passage du Havre à Paris. Jeweler Hair designer Passage du Havre in Paris.

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.

Dimensions (9 cm) 3.54" height - (8 cm) 3.15" width. We are very pleased to help. Please check with your country? The item "ANTIQUE FRENCH VICTORIAN MOURNING HAIR ART CONVEX GLASS FRAME RELIQUARY -1898" is in sale since Tuesday, February 2, 2021.

This item is in the category "Antiques\Periods & Styles\Victorian". 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.

Style: Victorian
Sub-Style: French
Material: hair, glass, wood, brass
Width: 3.15"
Original/Reproduction: Original
Type: framed hair art
Color: Black
Height: 3.54"