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Mourning earrings, 1899-1902 US (Old Salem, NC), the North Carolina Museum of History
“ EARRINGS, TEARDROPS OF WOVEN BROWN HAIR ATTACHED TO DECORATIVE VERMEIL TRIANGLE, ATTACHED IN TURN TO VERMEIL MEDALLION MOUNTED ON CIRCLE OF WOVEN HAIR; FRENCH...

Mourning earrings, 1899-1902 US (Old Salem, NC), the North Carolina Museum of History

EARRINGS, TEARDROPS OF WOVEN BROWN HAIR ATTACHED TO DECORATIVE VERMEIL TRIANGLE, ATTACHED IN TURN TO VERMEIL MEDALLION MOUNTED ON CIRCLE OF WOVEN HAIR; FRENCH HOOKS FOR PIERCED EARS.


HAIR JEWELRY AND ART WERE POPULAR FROM THE LATE 18TH UNTIL THE EARLY 20TH CENTURIES FOR COMMEMORATIVE, MEMORIAL (MOURNING), SENTIMENTAL, AND DECORATIVE PURPOSES. DURING THE MID-19TH CENTURY MANY WOMEN TOOK UP THE HOBBY OF MAKING HAIR JEWELRY AT HOME. EARRINGS OF THIS STYLE (TABLE-WORKED DANGLES) WERE PARTICULARLY POPULAR 1850-1870. THIS PIECE WAS MADE A LITTLE LATER THAN TYPICAL FOR THIS FORM.

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Mourning dress, 1902-04 US, the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mourning dress, 1902-04 US, the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The world’s first colour footage - shot in 1902 by Edward Raymond Turner (featured in the sixth gif) - England.

A woman in a daring riding habit, ca 1901 US
Dress, 1902 US, McCall’s Magazine
Dress, ca 1902
Promenade dress, ca 1900-05
Dress worn by Cléo de Mérode, 1900-02 Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs

Dress worn by Cléo de Mérode, 1900-02 Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs

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Ballgown by Jacques Doucet, 1900-05 Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs

Ballgown by Jacques Doucet, 1900-05 Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs

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Dress, 1902 US, L'Art de la Mode
Nightmarish fashion plate, 1902 US, L'Art de la Mode

Nightmarish fashion plate, 1902 US, L'Art de la Mode

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