SOLD Young Woman Holding Cut Hair Braids, Unusual 19th Century Cabinet Card in Fine Eastlake Frame mid-century servingware While most definitely a glorious

While most definitely a glorious pigment to use for painting or dying (I dissolved a bit in water and it produces beautiful color)

really) spires

which in 1906 was this this cloisonné plate to mark the occasion--and what a lot of work went into each of them

And I like it for   7" x 4"

which were carefully secured with facing bits of wood on the inside of the drawers

SOLD Young Woman Holding Cut Hair Braids, Unusual 19th Century Cabinet Card in Fine Eastlake Frame mid-century servingware While most definitely a gloriousI spotted this one fairly high on a wall at the Nashville show and squinted hard up at it to confirm that yes, in fact, our young woman here is holding a long pair of braids in front of her, tied together with a ribbon near the top. As such, quite an excellent embodiment of Victorian obsession with hair and the value placed on it. I can't find another example out there of a similar ilk, but would speculate that this young woman's display of braids is