SOLD Young Woman Holding Cut Hair Braids, Unusual 19th Century Cabinet Card in Fine Eastlake Frame mid-century servingware How to argue with a

How to argue with a game that involves an auctioneer and gavel and strange dice and beautiful early lithographed cards

and die-cut "Forget Me Not

I am sure this was originally made to sit tabletop rather than to hang

which were carefully secured with facing bits of wood on the inside of the drawers

but I'm also trying to learn a bit about what they are and do along the way

SOLD Young Woman Holding Cut Hair Braids, Unusual 19th Century Cabinet Card in Fine Eastlake Frame mid-century servingware How to argue with aI spotted this one fairly high on a wall at the Nashville show and squinted hard up at it to confirm that yes, in fact, our young woman here is holding a long pair of braids in front of her, tied together with a ribbon near the top. As such, quite an excellent embodiment of Victorian obsession with hair and the value placed on it. I can't find another example out there of a similar ilk, but would speculate that this young woman's display of braids is