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Locks of hair taken from friends and loved ones were an important element of Lady Shelley’s sanctum at Boscombe Manor, following Mary Shelley’s own practice in collecting and preserving them. This elaborate case contains (mounted in the trademark gold gilt of the sanctum) locks of hair taken from six of Shelley’s friends.
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Crying Game - Photography: Marco D'Amico www.marcodamico.net
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Clémentine Despocq - 'Vénus' - Parure de corps/Body ornament - Laiton, cheveux synthétiques/ Brass, synthetic hair - (AFEDAP ) 2010
[Backs of Eight Unidentified Women with Long Hair] Date: ca. 1880
Friendship album, Margaret Williams, 1839, Album with locks of hair sewn onto the pages in loops of stylized flowers with colored drawings of flowers
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