Sally Dart's Hair Locks Collection with Hand-written Verse, c. 1840s, in Period Gold Gessoed Framr (Copy) cottage which also shows a hand-stitched

which also shows a hand-stitched mend

with one tear at bottom center

interlocks with the lower half

There is wear to the top and bottom spine edge of the paper cover and a little flagging to corners but it remains tightly bound and very stable

Larger: 12 1/2" l x 6 1/4" w x 6 7/8" t

Sally Dart's Hair Locks Collection with Hand-written Verse, c. 1840s, in Period Gold Gessoed Framr (Copy) cottage which also shows a hand-stitchedLovely. Likely this was one page from a larger hair album, but perfect as found, protected in this period frame, with each of the hair locks wreaths labeled and secured with a ribbon, and a handwritten verse by Sally Dart tying it all together. My little mind does not expand Nor recognize another land Since I am here & your [sic] are there I send my little lock of hair. With the name Eliza J. Canada labeling the lock at top seeming just right in