Decorative hair comb
ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved
Do not use without permission.
This piece, made of brass and glass (the red piece in the middle is made to look like a gemstone, but is glass), dates to the 1830s-1840s, and was worn to accentuate to hairstyles of the time - when women always, well almost always at least, kept their hair long and as an adult had it pinned up in intricate fashions. The label in the museum didn't clarify, but I think it is a Swedish piece.
On display at Nordiska museet (the Nordic museum), Stockholm.
Decorative hair comb
ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved
Do not use without permission.
This piece, made of brass and glass (the red piece in the middle is made to look like a gemstone, but is glass), dates to the 1830s-1840s, and was worn to accentuate to hairstyles of the time - when women always, well almost always at least, kept their hair long and as an adult had it pinned up in intricate fashions. The label in the museum didn't clarify, but I think it is a Swedish piece.
On display at Nordiska museet (the Nordic museum), Stockholm.