MUSEUM QUALITY VICTORIAN HAIR TREE LIFE WREATH MOURNING OVAL 1800s CIVIL WAR

MUSEUM QUALITY LARGE VICTORIAN WOVEN HAIR TREE LIFE WREATH FUNERAL MOURNING OVAL 1800's ANTIQUE SHADOW BOX CIVIL WAR. THIS EXCEPTIONAL VICTORIAN HAIR WREATH / TREE OF LIFE MEMORIAL MEASURES APPROX. 21" LONG, 18" WIDE AND 3 DEEP. THE HAIR AND FRAME ARE IN TRULY EXCELLENT CONDITION.

CIRCA 1800 - 1890's. PIECES LIKE THIS WERE TYPICALLY CREATED OVER GENERATIONS, USING THE HAIR OF FAMILY MEMBERS, FROM EARLY YEARS, TO END OF LIFE, LITERALLY FORMING A'FAMILY TREE' MEMORIAL. THERE ARE MANY CONTRASTING HAIR COLORS... FRAMED HAIR MEMORIALS ARE TYPICALLY WREATHES,'BRANCHES' OR FLORAL MOTIF GROUPINGS, SIMILAR TO A BOUQUET. UNCOMMON PIECE USES A TREE OF LIFE THEME.

SET INTO A BASKET STYLE BASE, WHICH LOOKS TO BE MADE OF WOVEN PLANT MATERIAL, SIMILAR TO WICKER. I'VE OWNED THIS FOR 40 YEARS, AND IT IS. ONE OF THE BEST MADE, AND BEST PRESERVED, FRAMED MEMORIALS I'VE SEEN IN MY YEARS OF COLLECTING THEM. THE ONLY ONE I'VE SEEN WITH A TREE MOTIF, SUCH AS THIS. THIS WILL BE PACKED WITH GREAT CARE AND ABUNDANT INSULATION.

5, OR MORE, SPACE ON ALL SIDES, FOR DENSE INSULATION/IMPACT ABSORPTION. 3 PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND REVIEW THE PHOTOS FOR DESCRIPTION.

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