Civil War Era Hairwork Wreath with Cut Paper Border in Original Carved Frame p. pohl harmonica graduated greens and yellows and

graduated greens and yellows and pinks of this beauty on its branch make it hard to take one's eyes off it

with its original surface in tact

It is in excellent condition

educated at Mass Art

Civil War Era Hairwork Wreath with Cut Paper Border in Original Carved Frame p. pohl harmonica graduated greens and yellows andI 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