Annotated Collected Hair Locks Stitched to Paper with Handwritten Names and Notes #1, 1866 To Adorn and To Carry so perhaps he made dear

so perhaps he made dear pets of them

with some small chips and a few minor hairline cracks but structurally very sound and still super looking

but I prefer these--preparatory I assume

It holds them on very well--this bear is very sturdy and all the legs move smoothly

Annotated Collected Hair Locks Stitched to Paper with Handwritten Names and Notes #1, 1866 To Adorn and To Carry so perhaps he made dearThis came from a small collection of hair locks and wreaths I just purchased, all dating to the 1860s and all stitched to or tucked into bits of paper annotated with names and notes. I considered listing them as a collection, but realized much of what I find beautiful about these is their specificity and singularity in form and content (color, composition, etc.) and so am more inclined to treat them as individual drawings of sorts, and to hold them up