Hairwork
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Hairwork, or jewelry or artwork made of human hair, has appeared throughout the history of craft work, particularly to be used for private worship or mourning. From the Middle Ages through the early t
Mrs. Gabriel Manigault (Margaret Izard), converse of miniature portrait, circa 1795
A 19th-century hair brooch, in the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Victorian hair mourning jewelry
Watercolor rendering of hair jewelry by Douglas Campbell, c. 1940, created for the Index of American Design
Mourning jewellery
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Mourning jewellery is jewellery that is worn as a sign of mourning or loss. In the western world, the wearing of mourning jewellery was traditionally part of the social conventions surrounding mournin
Mourning ring (1800) dedicated to the memory of deceased children
Locket, c. 1790
Cast iron (Berlin iron) tiara, c. 1825
Mourning brooch, 1862