1862 Schoolgirl Cut Paper and Hair Work Momento with Hearts Everywhere small watercolor fairly close to the surface

fairly close to the surface

A variety of woods were used

and imagining them integrated into shelves filled with earthy studio pottery

so perhaps just original to the making

Overall the box shows plenty of wear but is holding together and the wood of the dominoes is in excellent shape

1862 Schoolgirl Cut Paper and Hair Work Momento with Hearts Everywhere small watercolor fairly close to the surfaceI just listed five more pages of cut paper and hair work from about 140 years ago, but this single example I think is so special I wanted to list it individually. I would guess all of them came from one album, kept by a young girl, with one example noting the year: 1862. Kind of amazing how well they endured from the Civil War era until now, with the hair looking as if it might have been clipped yesterday! This larger one, with hearts everywhere and