SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European carved wooden cicada and would probably push other

and would probably push other people out of the way if I had to

and another I am listing simultaneously

hand carved

The front page of the 15 page booklet is detached but the rest bound and all there

how even did they get the signature in there

SOLD Very Fine Victorian Hair Work Chain (Collar?) Presumed European carved wooden cicada and would probably push otherI've looked at a fair amount of hair work, but I've never seen a piece of hairwork jewelry (maybe better to call it hair work lace?) as ornate as this one, which I am guessing was likely made as a collar, with one side clearly the face (front). It appears to me hair from at least three different people was incorporated blonde, brown and black with thread matching the shade of the brown hair used for structure and securing. I can't even imagine the