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!
Extremely detailed fine French mourning frame with hair work. Hair from a deceased loved one under domed glass! The tomb, the ground, the tree branches overhead are all made with the hair of a loved one. Exquisite hair art! The scene is a grave monument in a cemetery. A tomb and a weeping willow, symbol of sorrow and grieve. Text: 'Vin Eugène, décédé le 8 janvier 1907'. frame:16 x 13 cm
French mourning frame with beautiful big curl. The hair work is in very good condition! 24 x 28 cm high
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 .
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 !!
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 !!
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 .
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 !!
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
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
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
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.
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!! EXQUISITELY DETAILED !!
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 .
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.
references: gothic, goth, death, mausoleum, cemetary, graveyard.... mourning, palette hair work, gimp hair work, mourning frames, human hair, deceased loved ones, in memoriam, memento mori, mausoleum, death related.