Untitled (Case with portraits of a man and woman and hair ornaments)

c. 1870s

Photographs: photographs on enamel, framed in copper alloy metal frames; hair lockets: hair with pen and black and ink on cream-colored backing; case: leather with metal push-clasp and velvet-lined interior

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

"Hairwork," produced in commercial workshops and as a popular craft during the Victorian era, was used to celebrate the living and commemorate the dead.

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