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!

    memento mori 247

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

     memento mori 243

  Beautiful and big French mourning frame with hair work. Beautiful thick and long braid surrounded with old fabric flowers. A picture of the deceased.  All in very good condition for their age!
Frame:  33 x 43 cm

    memento mori 225

  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 .

    memento mori 224 

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 .
 

     memento mori 221

  French mourning frame with palette hair work. in good condition ! text; R.D. décédée le 6 mars 1885 (décédée is for a woman; décédé is for a man). frame: 14 cm x 12 cm .
 

     memento mori 220 

French mourning frame with palette hair work.3 violets. All in good condition! frame: 14,5 cm x 12,5 cm .

    memento mori 218

  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 .

 

     memento mori 204

  Nice memento mori in gimp hair work!All the flowers are made of hair, in gimp work!! Domed glass. Apparently the background has been replaced. The frame has been glued together again, and is OK! The hair work is in very good condition for its age! size : 16,5 x 19 cm

    memento mori 203

  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 .
 

    memento mori 187

  French mourning frame with palette hair work: a bouquet of flowers; in good condition!  frame:  14,5 cm x 18 cm .

  memento mori 184

  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 . 

  memento mori 181    

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 .

  memento mori 180

  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

    memento mori 173   

  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 .

  memento mori 172

 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
 

  memento mori 168

  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


 

  memento mori 167

  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 .

  memento mori 166

  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 .
 

    memento mori 159

  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 .

  memento mori 150

  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

  memento mori 148

 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 .
 

  memento mori 138

  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 .

  memento mori 135

  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  

    memento mori 128

   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 .

      memento mori 126 

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 !!  

    memento mori 125

  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 !!

    memento mori 123

  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 .

  memento mori 19

 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.

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EXQUISITE MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE !! WITH 11 MINIATURE MEMENTO MORI'S!!  BRILLIANTLY  DETAILED !!

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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 .

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  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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