It Was A Convention
“It was a convention to make jewelry out of hair in the 19th century. There was a terror of not being able to remember the face and character of the person who had died,” the owner of the antiques store said.
“It wasn’t an uncommon thing to happen. It echoes a bracelet Charlotte wore of her two sisters’ hair … So it’s absolutely the focus of the mid-to-late 19th century and also the focus of Charlotte Brontë.”