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1969.111

ID Number: 1969.111
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: art
Item Type: hair
Item Name: wreath
Maker: Odette, Sebrey
Materials: hair, human; glass
Measurements: overall: 19 in
Description: framed hair wreath; case with extended frame; paper backing; 2 circular hair wreaths with photograph in center; hair medallion in each corner; hinged; original finish of frame case gilt and black
History: Hair wreath was made by Sebrey Odette who later became Mrs. Raphael Bensette. She was raised in Anderdon township and lived in Windsor as an adult. She was a piano teacher. Sebrey Odette completed the picture when she was a young woman about 125 years before date of donation. She was mother of Edna L. (Bensette) Olsen who was mother of Ralph Olsen (donor) and grandmother of Gerald Wayne Olsen. Raphael Bensette, was founder of Bensette Jewelers on Wyandotte for years the oldest jewelry store in Windsor. Odette family came from Quebec in 1805. Mrs. Bensette was born in 1856 and died in 1929.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

Bensette Jewelers / Bijoutier Bensette organization

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