Antique Victorian Hair Work Mourning Jewelry CD 1877!

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127-yr-old Etchings & Instructions for Mourning Jewelry

CD REPUBLICATION

Originally published in 1877!

Up for bid is a CD-ROM REPUBLICATION of the original "Hair-work" instructions with steel plate etchings by experienced mourning jewelry artists from the early to pre- Victorian thread crafts era. This information was originally published in 1877! (Original is NOT for sale)

This HISTORIC item contains etchings, instructions, diagrams, designs materials and fundamentals for creating a variety of hair work art items. There are 29 ANTIQUE etchings of designs for hair and bead ORNAMENTS with cultural/historical instructions included!

This type of original information is seldom found on eBay or elsewhere! I was fortunate enough in my bibliomaniacal searching to run across this gem and am sharing with those who love the old arts as much as I!!!

See contents below.

These instructions are characteristic of the crafts done by our lady ancestors during the Victorian and Antebellum cultural periods and earlier! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful creative art informational source revealing our heritage from early America and European!

A few quotes:

"As the hair is the only part of our beloved friends which can be kept in memoriam, it is natural that we should desire to preserve the treasure in some way that will testify our appreciation of its value, and when this can be done in a manner that is both pleasing to the taste and that will insure its prolonged or lasting preservation, it becomes a work which all may desire to be able to successfully practice…The ability to so arrange and secure each strand of the sacred treasure, becomes an accomplishment truly valuable, and worthy all the patience and skill required in its performance."

"The smoothness and regularity of hair-work is its greatest beauty, and there is no branch of fancy work which requires so few rules, or which may be so readily acquired by practice. A dexterous use of the fingers, neatness of finish, and that skill in manipulating, called "nimble fingering," are the great requisites in forming perfect leaves and flowers of hair."

"Take nature for your guide, and with hair of various colors and lengths, you will be able to form almost any flower you desire."

What a historically educational and delightful art instructional piece this is!

Contents:

Brooches, Lockets, etc.

Tools Necessary

The Single Plait

Tasteful Designs

Cross and Wreath

Hair Cross

Hair Wreath

Design for Shield

Crown and Hearts

Star

Flowers

Cluster of Convolvulus

Prince's Feather

Group Carnations

Pansies

Butterfly

Ribbon

Forget-me-not

Bell-shaped Flowers

Lily-of-the-valley

Buds of Roses

Roses

Leaves and Tendrils

Double Marguerite

Form of Leaf

Fuchsia

Clover Leaves

Asters

Orange Flowers

Stylized Flower

Oxalis Blooms

Feather Design

Dove Design

The ladies of earlier times put their hands to such marvelous work and now you can too! These are beautiful items and sure to delight you and yours! The instructions are based within the parimeters of the Victorian grammerical and socialization culture. For those who have some experience with that era's verbal and text style the instructions should be clear and easy to follow. The experience hairworker will be capable of altering as per individual needs and artistic whim.

You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come...and can participate in reviving an almost dead art of hair-working!

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