Lush Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Urn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame spill but overall terrific condition

but overall terrific condition

though I might not put a ton of weight inside the pockets

with no foxing

10 7/8" x 8 13/16"

Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in New Orleans (now associated with Tulane)—which if you are not familiar with

Lush Victorian Sea Moss Composition with Cut Paper Urn, Mid 19th Century, Period Oak Frame spill but overall terrific conditionOccasionally I'll see a Victorian dried flower composition with a cut paper element, but I don't believe I've ever seen a sea moss picture like this before, with that black paper urn evoking a theorem painting stencil as well as a cut paper silhouette portrait, and I think locating it c. 1850s or so. I love sea moss pressings of all sorts (including for the fact that sea moss gathering represented an acceptable way for young women to get out in nature