Memento mori mourning frames with hair art

 All of these hand made mourning frames are Napoleon III or Victorian, made in the 19th 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 131

  French mourning frame with beautiful big curl. The hair work is in very good condition! 24 x 28 cm high

    memento mori 129

  French mourning frame with palette hair work. Hair from a deceased loved one under glass dome: hair worked into initials: J P ? Wooden frame with brass rim around the domed glass.
The wooden frame is in good condition!  The hair work is in good condition!! frame: 16 cm x 13 cm high.
 

    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 127

  Antique miniature mourning frame with hair work. Hair from a deceased loved one in a tiny silver plated frame. The frame has a 'ruban croisées' or 'crossed ribbon' design with a bow on top.
It can hang and it can also stand alone. The frame is in very good condition!! The hair work is in very good condition too, with a little ribbon underneath the curls. frame: 5 x 4 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 124

  French mourning frame with beautiful gimp 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!! frame: 26,5 x 22,5 cm

    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 122

  HUGE MEMENTO MORI with  SUPERB GIMP HAIR WORK !! MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE !!!! UNIQUE !!!
Superb quality hair art!! All the flowers are made in gimp work!! decorated with tiny glass beads. They are about 1,8 inch / 4,5 cm in relief on a kind of moiré background!
The second 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 is really unique!!
Set in a deep wooden frame, in very good condition! Backed with wood. Some dust inside. The hair art itself is in superb condition!! 50 x 41 cm; 6 cm deep !!

  memento mori 120  ON HOLD

   Exquisite French mourning frame with beautiful palette hair work.Text: ' 26 aout 1880'. Hair from a deceased loved one under glass dome, with some botanical piece; nuts? Wooden oval frame with brass rim around the glass.The black lacquered wooden frame is in great condition. The hair work is in good condition for its age!! 2 small loose pieces. frame: 9 x 16 cm .
Made by Guillard in Rennes, France. 11880

  memento mori 116  ON HOLD

  GIANT MEMENTO MORI in hand sculpted Black Forest wooden frame! MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE ! UNIQUE PIECE !unbelievable 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! A few small vague spots on the domed glass.
The hair art itself is also in superb condition! frame: 80 x 53 cm. 23 cm thick.

  memento mori 112

  French mourning frame with lovely palette hair work. Hair from a deceased loved one under glass dome. With initials: ? P. The wooden frame is in good condition some black varnish loss! The hair work is in very good condition!! frame: 14 cm x 13 cm

    memento mori 88

  French mourning frame with lovely palette hair work. Hair from a deceased loved one under glass dome. The frame is in very good condition!!  The hair work is in very good condition for its age!! 10,5 cm x 12 cm

    memento mori 87

  French mourning frame with lovely palette hair work. Hair from a deceased loved one under glass dome. The frame is in very good condition!!  The hair work is in very good condition for its age!! 1 loose piece. 14 cm x 12 cm

   memento mori 80

  French mourning frame with lovely palette hair work. Hair from a deceased loved one under glass, in a gorgeous valuable bronze frame. The frame can stand on its own or hang on the wall.
Text: 'Souvenir de ma soeur Satherine, de son fils Henry et de ma niece Jeanne Dujardin.'. The frame is in perfect condition!! The hair work is in very good condition for its age!! 10,5 cm x 13,5 cm

  memento mori 42

 French mourning frame with exquisite palette 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 good condition for its age!! !!  frame: 14 cm high and 12 cm wide. 

  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.

  SOME OF MY SOLD BEAUTIES:

A real gem, also sold is this EXQUISITE MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE !! WITH 11 MINIATURE MEMENTO MORI'S!!  INCREDIBLY 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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