Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse collectible button especially when self-descriptive

especially when self-descriptive

It is not a fine painting

from Cranbrook Art Museum's website:

are about 3/4" of an inch raised

and with rarely straight lines dividing the entries

Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse collectible button especially when self-descriptiveOne 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