Large mourning miniature made from hair
On the back is the address card of the hairdresser Boudin, practising in Sens:
Rue Laurencin,
N°34.
BOUDIN, COIFFEUR,
Dessinateur et tresseur en cheveux, fait Tombeaux,
Chiffres, Fleurs, Bagues, Chaines, Bracelets, [???] particulier
tout ce qui concerne cette partie. Confection de Perruques,
Toupets métalliques, [???] et Bandeaux à raie de chair
et autre
[Rue Laurencin,
No. 34.
BOUDIN, HAIRDRESSER,
Hair designer and weaver, maker of tombs,
numbers, flowers, rings, chains, bracelets, [???] specialising
in all matters relating to this field. Manufacture of wigs,
metal toupees, [???] and hairpieces with natural parting
and other items]
Condition: minor damage to the hair-applied plate, tears in the address card
Miniature under a domed glass cover. Diameter approx. 11 cm
Frame: 18 x 18.5 cm
The hairdresser Boudin appears regularly in the Annuaire et liste de Messieurs les perruquiers et coiffeurs de la ville de Paris from 1841 to 1859.