Memento mori mourning frames with hair art
All of these hand made mourning frames are Napoleon III or Victorian, made in the 19th or early 20th century, with human hair, all in memory of deceased loved ones.
All the white spots in the pictures are off course reflections of light on the glass!
French mourning frame with palette hair work. Initials: FR. The wooden frame is in good condition! The hair work in good condition , but 1 small piece loose inside! frame 18 cm x 15 cm
Exquisite French mourning frame with beautiful palette hair work, with some other pieces; fabric? I am not sure. in good condition. frame: 14,5 x 16,5 cm .
Lovely and detailed mourning frame with palette hair work. Some small
spots on the brass ring in the wooden frame. exTt: ¨ souvenir de famille".
frame: 23 x 27 cm .
French mourning frame with palette hair work.3 violets. All in good condition! frame: 14,5 cm x 12,5 cm .
French mourning frame with blonde palette hair work. a beautiful
blonde bouquet of flowers in perfect condition! Text: A notre fille.... The text
on the glass makes a shadow over the work in the picture. Wooden frame with
small damage on the top right corner. The beautiful hair work is in very good
condition! frame: 25,5 cm x 21 cm .
Beautiful and delicate miniature mourning
frame with palette hair work. A grave monument, under a weeping willow, symbol
of sorrow and grief. Hand painted background.
The tomb, the ground, the trees are all made with human hair. The memento mori
is slightly smaller than the frame, but put on a light background, so it does
not disturb at all. Please see picture.
frame: 11 x 11 cm .
Very fine miniature, mourning frame with palette hair work. Text: Mon (coeur) , ma (fleur) sont pour toi = My (heart, my (flower) are for you. In perfect condition! frame: 10,5 x 10,5 cm .
Very fine miniature, mourning frame with palette hair work. A grave monument, under a weeping willow, symbol of sorrow and grief. The tomb, the ground, the plants, and the wreath around are all made with human hair. The hair work is in perfect condition! frame: 10,5 x 10,5 cm .
Rare mourning frame with palette hair work. A cross and a heart surrounded by a wreath. Lovely memento mori in great condition!! frame: 17,5 x 15 cm
Lovely and detailed mourning frame with palette hair work. a
GRave monument with a cross, under a weeping willow, symbol of sorrow and grief.
A dove flying by, symbol of eternal peace.
The tomb, the ground, the scrubs , the flowers are all made with human hair in
absolutely great condition!! Text: ¨Precieux souvenir de notre chère
Eugénie Dupret, décédée le 19 Février 1883, agée de 15 ans. Celle a emporté nos
regrets éternels". = Precious souvenir of our dear Eugénie Dupret, died on 19th
of Febuary 1883, 15 years old. This brought us our eternal regrets.
frame: 20 x 17 cm .
Gorgeous memento mori in gimp hair work!All the flowers are made of
hair, decorated with many tiny coloured beads. Set in a wooden shadow box frame
in very good condition. Domed glass.
The hair art is in very good condition! size :. 22 x 18 cm
French mourning frame with palette hair work: a beautiful blonde
bouquet of flowers in perfect condition! Initials: E. R. in very good condition!
frame: 8 cm x 15 cm . Hair artist: Catherine et Fils, Orleans, France
Beautiful mourning frame, Victorian memento mori, with palette hair
work. Hair worked into a flower, surrounded by a wreath. Text: 'Léonie Maury'
(Very similar to number 166).
Hair work in very good condition. Frame:14 cm x 16,5 cm .
Beautiful mourning frame, Victorian memento mori, with palette hair
work. Hair worked into a flower, surrounded by a wreath. Text: 'Léonie Maury'
(Very similar to number 167).
Hair work in very good condition. Frame:14 cm x 16,5 cm .
Nice miniature, mourning frame with palette
hair work. A grave monument, under a weeping willow, symbol of sorrow and grief.
Beautifully hand painted background. The tomb, the ground, the trees are all
made with human hair. The memento mori is slightly smaller than the frame, but
put on a light background, so it does not disturb at all. The palette hair work
is in perfect condition!
frame: 11,5 x 11,5 cm .
French mourning frame with palette hair work. initials: F M. The wooden frame is in very good condition! The hair work is in very good condition too! frame: 14,5 cm x 12,5 cm . Hair artist: Louis Huguet, at Lyon, Rhone, France
French mourning frame with palette hair work. text: 'precieux
souvenir de notre fille, Leonie Bourgois, décédée le 12 mars 1872 à l'age de 21
and et 9 mois' (precious souvenir of our daughter, Leonie Bourgois, who died the
12th of March 1872 at the age of 21 years and 9 months). The wooden frame is in
good condition! The hair work is in very good condition too! frame: 19 cm
x 16,5 cm .
Small but very fine French mourning frame with beautiful hair work. The hair work is in very good condition for its age! Very fine gimp hair work! frame: 11 cm x 12,5 cm .
French mourning frame with beautiful hair work. The hair work is in good condition for its age!! 1 tiny half leaf half way up on the left side is missing. Initials: G A F A. 1886 ! frame: 13 cm x 15,5 cm
French mourning frame with beautiful hair work. Hair from a deceased loved one under glass dome. Wooden oval frame with brass rim around the domed glass. The black lacquered wooden frame is in good condition! The hair work is in very good condition for its age! Initials: M S. frame: 13 cm x 15,5 cm .
BIG MEMENTO MORI with !! SUPERB GIMP HAIR WORK ! QUALITY PIECE !!
All the flowers are made in gimp work!! decorated with tiny glass beads.The last
picture with a 'normal' sized memento mori, shows the size of this work!
Set in a big ornate wooden frame, in good condition! Some dust inside and the
picture has come unglued. The hair art itself is in very good condition!
!! size : 60 x 50 cm; and ca. 2 inch / 5 cm deep !!
HUGE MEMENTO MORI with SUPERB GIMP HAIR WORK !! MUSEUM
QUALITY PIECE !!!
Superb quality hair art!! All the flowers are made in gimp work!!
All the flowers are made in gimp work!!The
hair art is on a kind of moiré fabric background, set in a beautiful gilt wooden
frame in great condition and the whole piece again in a black frame, 3,4 inch /
8,6 cm deep. The back is younger. A very small crack in the glass at the rim of
the frame, nothing serious, but I want to mention it. The last picture
with a 'normal' sized memento mori, shows the incredible size of this work!!
The hair art itself is in very good condition for its age!!!
!! size :
76 x 71 cm;
and 8,6 cm deep !!
French mourning frame with beautiful hair work.Hair from a deceased loved one under glass dome. The black lacquered wooden frame is in good condition! The hair work is in very good condition for its age!! Text: Souvenir de famille. frame: 13 cm x 11,5 cm .
Mourning frame, Victorian memento mori, with palette hairwork from a deceased loved one under domed glass. Hair worked into a bouquet of flowers, Initials: L H. The flowers move a little in the frame, but I did not want to open it, not to distroy the text on the back. Hair work in very good condition. Frame: 14,5 cm high and 12,5 cm wide.
SOME OF MY SOLD BEAUTIES:
EXQUISITE MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE !! WITH 11 MINIATURE MEMENTO MORI'S!! BRILLIANTLY DETAILED !!
11 pc of unbelievable quality miniature hair work!!
One with a cornucopia, the middle one with a cross and wreath, one with
2 hearts, 2 with flower baskets full of flowers .. Also the baskets are made
of hair!!
Some flowers used in these little miracles: sun flower, cornflower, violets,
roses, daisies.... 11 exquisite French mourning frames with beautiful minuscule
palette hair work. Dated '4/5/1902'.
The biggest ones: 5,5 x 4 cm
and the smallest ones: 2,5 x 2 cm .
GIANT MEMENTO MORI in hand sculpted Black Forest wooden frame!
MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE ! UNIQUE PIECE !stunning quality hair art!
A cemetery with a grave monument behind a fence, under an extensive weeping
willow. Flowers and small trees in the foreground. A dove in the air and a dove
left on the ground.
In the tree, left and right, there are 2 brass rings looking like weddings
rings. The whole scene surrounded by hair pieces. On the stone: 'Souvenir de
famille' and initials underneath.
The last picture with a 'normal' sized memento mori, shows the incredible size
of this work!!
The whole art work shows the museum quality of this piece!! It really is
unique!!
Set in a Black Forest hand sculpted wooden frame, in perfect condition! In superb condition! frame: 80 x 53 cm. 23 cm thick.
Dissolved hair = hair, pulverized as if creating a pigment for painting,
often called sepia. The finely ground hair was mixed with a vehicle such as gum
arabic, creating a material that was painted with fine brushes.
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