Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse antique folk art sewing in the case of this

in the case of this Sanskrit manuscript page

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

I think 1910s

A couple of minor old fold lines on legs

Two Loops and a Line, Victorian Mounted Hair Samples "Drawing", 1867, with Verse on Reverse antique folk art sewing in the case of thisOne 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