Unsually Large and Wild Feeling Page of Victorian Seaweed Specimens young woman used for combing flax

used for combing flax

especially for including this exuberant bouquet spreading like a fan in her raised hand--and with charmingly extended pinky wrapped around the stem

Some wear as evident but who cares

Earlyish 20th c

Unsually Large and Wild Feeling Page of Victorian Seaweed Specimens young woman used for combing flaxSo lovely. I've had lots of individual seaweed moss specimens, and a couple of albums of them too, but I've never had, or seen, a very large sheet of them like this, which to my eye has a wonderful sort of wildness and extra visceral feeling to it like the salty sea itself. With tiny cut strips tethering the samples to the page, making it feel especially akin to a page from a large herbarium. A great one to frame simply, exactly as is, striking from a