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Hair Wreaths and Hair Pictures

Wreaths of hair flowers were made to honor and remember deceased loved ones. The hair of other family members could be added to the wreath as they passed away so that generations of a family were represented in a single frame.

Hair flowers were made by wrapping hair around different size rods to form loops and then those loops were wired into place. A variety of shapes and sizes of flowers and leaves could be made this way. The individual flowers were then put together in framed shadowboxes as bouquets or wreaths.

Hair Wreath Framed horseshoe shaped hair wreath made of several different colors of hair, mid-19th Century, 20"x23"x2 3/4"
Hair Flowers Detail of flowers in hair wreath made of several different colors of hair, mid-19th Century, 20"x23"x2 3/4"
Hair Picture Framed hair bouquet made of several different colors of hair, mid-19th Century, 7 1/2"x6 1/4"x1 1/2"
Hair Flowers Detail of flowers in hair bouquet made of several different colors of hair, mid-19th Century, 7 1/2"x6 1/4"x1 1/2"

Hair Wreaths and Hair Pictures

Hair Wreath

Framed horseshoe shaped hair wreath made of several different colors of hair, mid-19th Century, 20"x23"x2 3/4"

Hair Flowers

Detail of flowers in hair wreath made of several different colors of hair, mid-19th Century, 20"x23"x2 3/4"

Hair Picture

Framed hair bouquet made of several different colors of hair, mid-19th Century, 7 1/2"x6 1/4"x1 1/2"

Hair Flowers

Detail of flowers in hair bouquet made of several different colors of hair, mid-19th Century, 7 1/2"x6 1/4"x1 1/2"