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Not currently on display at the V&A

Hair

c.1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Switch of hair attached to a two-pronged comb, in original box. Inside the lid is an advertisement for Andrea Curling Fluid available from the hairdresser-maker.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Hairpiece
  • Hairpiece Box
Materials and techniques
human hair, horn
Brief description
Andre Hugo. Switch of hair attached to a horn comb, in original box. c.1900
Physical description
Switch of hair attached to a two-pronged comb, in original box. Inside the lid is an advertisement for Andrea Curling Fluid available from the hairdresser-maker.
Marks and inscriptions
Andre Hugo, Coiffeur et Hair Restorer 180, SLOANE STREET LONDON S.W. (On lid of box)
Collection
Accession number
T.1658:1&2-2017

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Record createdJune 16, 2017
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