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)

and die-cut "Forget Me Not

I am sure this was originally made to sit tabletop rather than to hang

How to argue with a game that involves an auctioneer and gavel and strange dice and beautiful early lithographed cards

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