Antique French Hair Art Memento, Mourning Memorial, Pearls, 18k Gold, Napoleon 3 ecuelle It has been a wall-hanging

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excellent condition with cross stitch embroidery in silk threads on open linen canvas - Chinoiserie or Japonaise fashion/ style that was popular in the French Empire period and also Empire Revival era during the reign of Napoleon III (c

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Antique French Hair Art Memento, Mourning Memorial, Pearls, 18k Gold, Napoleon 3 ecuelle It has been a wall-hangingThe mourning icon you see here dates as early as 1840, as late as Napoleon III era (c. 1850 70, roughly). It's made more in line with the earlier dates, a foil backing and the addition of both seed pearls and slightly larger pearls, 18k gold wires and a cast 18k gold monogram of intricate design. The lock of hair a reddish blond, light brunette, seems likely to be that of a child. Remember no photography before 1838, when Daguerre developed the very