{"id":3336,"date":"2025-12-06T10:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2025-12-06T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:45:12","slug":"a-deep-dive-into-the-strange-and-touching-victorian-era-mourning-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3336","title":{"rendered":"A Deep Dive into the Strange and Touching Victorian-Era Mourning Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the top comments on a new video<\/a> from the Victoria and Albert Museum reads as follows: \u201cI think it is time to have a renaissance of mourning. In this age of sanitized and hidden grief, it would be a welcomed relief for a more refined mourning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

This commenter is responding to two V&A curators unboxing a collection of 19th-century objects common in Victorian mourning traditions. Through a variety of garments, ephemera, and photos, the pair showcases the elaborate rituals and rites people once used to honor the dead.<\/p>\n

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The video highlights a black, silk gown with tiny pleats, delicate lace, and sequins, along with jewelry made from semi-precious jet stones, and brooches containing human hair. The curators also present several printed artifacts, like mourning cards and portraits of the dying.<\/p>\n

What becomes clear throughout the video is how much our contemporary culture of grief and loss has turned inward and is something managed privately rather than shared with a community. \u201cMourning objects can be personal, portable, ostentatious, sentimental, or even a little bit grizzly,\u201d the curators add. \u201cIs it too much? Or do you think we should mourn the passing of these poignant and fascinating trappings of grief?\u201d<\/p>\n

Find the unboxing on YouTube<\/a>, along with several additional adventures in the museum\u2019s collections.<\/p>\n

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Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A Deep Dive into the Strange and Touching Victorian-Era Mourning Traditions<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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