A2. Hair Brooch with Rosettes A2. Hair Brooch with Rosettes 1850-75 71.180 This brooch contains many hair rosettes and whorls within a fluted gold border. Each rosette is made of wounded hair strands that are coiled into spiral flowers. The rosettes, formed from many different colors of hair, probably represented a collection of hair from loved ones; the rosettes are another way to display several people’s hair within one piece. <---Back* * *--->Next

A2. Hair Brooch with Rosettes A2. Hair Brooch with Rosettes 1850-75 71.180 This brooch contains many hair rosettes and whorls within a fluted gold border. Each rosette is made of wounded hair strands that are coiled into spiral flowers. The rosettes, formed from many different colors of hair, probably represented a collection of hair from loved ones; the rosettes are another way to display several people’s hair within one piece. <---Back* * *--->Next