2020年12月29日 · Despite these memento mori's fragility, many examples of Victorian women's hair wreath craftsmanship have survived into the 21st century and are housed in museum exhibits and antique shops around the world.

Hair wreaths were popular in the Victorian Era, around the mid to late 1800’s. They were usually crafted by women using hair from friends and family members. They could be a way to mourn the dead by turning a remnant of someone into a lasting memorial.

Hair jewelry allowed Victorians to carry a part of their loved ones with them in the form of bracelets, rings, brooches, watch fobs, even buttons: It was similar to putting a piece of hair in a locket. Hair from a deceased family member was usually …

2015年6月4日 · When you hear of Victorian hair wreaths, you may think of ornamental hair pieces that adorned the buns and ringlets of wealthy women. Or maybe you think they’re more like the flower crowns from the sixties that are now back in style for music festivals. However, neither of these answers is quite right.

2021年10月20日 · Hair art has its “roots” in the 17th and 18th century when it was used to reflect the high infant mortality rates of the time. However, it became more popular in the Victorian Era, 1837-1901, following the death of Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Consort Albert.

Hair art made to specifically memorialize and remember their loved ones, like these, serve as a reminder of death and mortality. Learn more about this social custom from the late 1800s and including how and why this hair wreath and bouquet were created.

2022年10月6日 · To make a hair wreath, hair was collected from the deceased and formed into a shape. These shapes were normally natural motifs, usually flowers. They would then be woven together and added to a horseshoe-shaped wreath. The top was not connected and remained open to symbolize the ascent heavenward.

2015年11月2日 · In the Victorian age, the hair of the deceased was woven into a wreath to hang in the house as a memento, a form of mourning. And, of course, they didn’t stop with wreaths. Hair was made into wearable ornaments–bracelets, brooches, pins, watch chains, even buttons. Godey’s Lady’s Book even included instructions on this art form.

2011年10月25日 · Wired loops of hair are slipped off the rod and can be shaped into different sizes and shapes of flowers, leaves and tendrils, and then arranged together to form large wreaths which were placed inside a deep frame. Sometimes these wreaths incorporated the hair of an entire family and got quite large. They were made to be hung on a wall and ...

2024年10月26日 · In the photo above, the flowers, placed together in a horseshoe-shaped wreath, represent a common Victorian symbol for good luck displayed with the open ends up to ‘hold the luck inside’ but also to symbolize the dead’s ascent to heaven.