Victorian Mourning

Step into the shadowed parlors of Victorian England, where grief was worn as openly as jet beads and love was woven into hair.

Victorian Mourning: The Art, Jewelry, and Rituals of Death unearths the rituals, jewelry, and artistry that transformed death into a cultural phenomenon. From Queen Victoria's forty years of public grief to elaborate hairwork wreaths, this illustrated history reveals a world where mourning was a language of loss.

You will learn:

• Queen Victoria's influence on mourning culture
• How to identify Whitby jet and hairwork jewelry
• Victorian cemetery symbolism explained
• The three stages of mourning dress
• Victorian funeral rituals and spectacles
• The art of hairwork techniques
• Post-mortem and memorial photography
• Spiritualism and séances

With 70+ illustrations-from hairwork lockets to haunting photographs and hallmarks-this volume is a comprehensive guide to Victorian material culture.

Perfect for:

• History enthusiasts and Gothic historians
• Antique jewelry collectors
• Death-positive readers
• Costume historians and reenactors
• Victorian cemetery visitors

Victorian Mourning offers a window into a world where death was not an end, but an elaborate act of remembrance.

Buy now to step into the evocative world of Victorian mourning.