Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse draw string bag and patterns

and patterns

This made me feel cheerful in a very welcome way when I found it but while charming it does not feel at all saccharine

Urn: 2 7/8" t x 2 3/8"w

and on the paper--which is heavy

to the terrific lines of his body and gracefully gesturing long arms and fingers

Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse draw string bag and patternsOne 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