See our: hair jewelry.Articles of jewelry made of or embellished with human hair.Hair was used in several styleswoven as a background for a gold-wire monogram set under a crystal or formed into a necklace, brooch, etc.plaited (braided) to form a bracelet or watch chain, or the rim around the bezel of a ringmade into a floral or funereal design or a motif such as the prince of wales's feathersa lock or plait of hair enclosed in the compartment of a brooch, hair locket or finger ringHair was used in the 17th century in mourning jewelry, but the fashion was revived in the 19th century for use also as a token of sentiment or affection for a living person, and amateurs made exampleswith their own hair. At a certain moment that sort of jewelry became so fashionable that wealthy women started haircraft as a hobby. In fashion magazines of that time you could find completedescriptions of ways to turn hair into little pieces of art.Between 1830 and 1870, it was possible for a woman to sell her hair at special markets. The hair was bought by hair dealers who supplied it to special hair jewelry craftsmen.