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Brown table-worked hair bracelet with four rows braided together, gold clasp of three ovals with ribbon and foliate engraved design, safety chain attached.
bracelets (jewelry)
BRACELET
733
Unknown
11/16 in x 3/8 in (WxD), 3 in (closed) (diameter) (inches)
1943.308
Illustrated in Sage, Adrienne, "Wealth, Style and Sentiment," Historic New England, Winter/Spring (2005): 6. For more information on hair jewelry see Bell, C. Jeanenne, "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry," (1998); Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 2 (1991): 680-698; Campbell, Mark, "The Art of Hair Work: Hair Braiding and Jewelry of Sentiment with Catalog of Hair Jewelry," Eds. Jules & Kaethe Kliot (facsimile of 1875 printing, 1996); Dawes, Ginny Reddington & Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 139-143; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 98-107, 214-219.
Title Hair chain Accession Number 1943.306
Title Hair bracelet Accession Number 1943.307
Title Hair bracelet Accession Number 1943.308
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