Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse antique folk art sewing and with the pretty

and with the pretty

The look on her face seems to match her gesture 100% perfectly--calculatingly placid

Such a tender one--and one that surely would make a wonderful Mother's Day gift (or Father's Day gift

Another little carving

Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse antique folk art sewing and with the prettyOne more from a small collection of hair locks and wreaths dating to the 1860s 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 especially beautiful about these is their specificity and singularity in terms of form and content (color, composition, and in this case very much the handwritten names and notes) and so have treated them as individual