Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse draw string bag with a checkerboard patterned linsey-woolsey

with a checkerboard patterned linsey-woolsey weaving stretched behind her almost like an op art painting

and patterns

A charmer of a little dog

7 3/4" x 5 1/4"

and the blue and yellow beading on the dress (robe

Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse draw string bag with a checkerboard patterned linsey-woolseyOne 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