Historic Northampton


Virtual Exhibits

Hair Mourning Jewelry Exhibit

Curated by Amy Karoly
Smith College '99

Mourning Jewelery

"Have we not all met ladies wearing a brooch, by way of loving Remembrance . . . formed of the hair of the individual for whom Their crape is worn, and which from its very nature must be laid aside with it?"-- La Belle Assemblee, 1888