[Bracelet of Edwin Booth's hair] [realia].
1879
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Title
[Bracelet of Edwin Booth's hair] [realia].
Variant title
Inscribed: Edwin Booth's Hair 1879
Created/published
1879.
Description
1 bracelet : braided hair with gold-colored clasp ; 29 cm
Associated name
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893, associated name.
Clarke, Wilfred, 1867-1945, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Clarke, Wilfred, 1867-1945, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Note
Braided hair bracelet with gold-colored clasp inscribed "Mother" in gothic script on front and "Edwin Booth's Hair 1879" in (later?) italic script on back.
Provenance
By descent to Edwin Booth's nephew, Wilfred Clarke. Purchased directly by Emily and Henry Folger, 26 October 1928.
Genre/form
Human hair.
Jewelry.
Hairwork jewelry.
Jewelry.
Hairwork jewelry.
Place of creation/publication
United States.
Item Details
Call number
ART Inv. 1178 (realia) (B7a)
Folger accession
cs1840