
Victorian Hairwork
by dirby.art
Hair is at once the most delicate and lasting of our materials, and survives us, like love. It is so light, so gentle, so escaping from the idea of death, that with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look up to heaven and compare notes with the angelic nature–may almost say,
“I have a piece of thee here, not unworthy of thy being now.” -The Godey’s Lady’s Book - May, 1855