Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse antique folk art sewing Such a tender one--and one

Such a tender one--and one that surely would make a wonderful Mother's Day gift (or Father's Day gift

in the case of this Sanskrit manuscript page

The look on her face seems to match her gesture 100% perfectly--calculatingly placid

This is the most curious and amusing of several crayon drawings done by Mary Baker I'm listing

Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse antique folk art sewing Such a tender one--and oneOne more from a small collection of hair locks and wreaths dating to the 1860s all stitched to, or tucked into, bits of paper annotated with names and notes. I considered listing them as a collection, but realized much of what I find especially beautiful about these is their specificity and singularity in terms of form and content (color, composition, and in this case very much the handwritten names and notes) and so have treated them as individual