In the U.S., a lot of women made elaborate wreaths of hair and wire, often with floral designs ... or jewelry made of dead people’s hair would seem macabre today, but not so in Victorian ...

As a result, Cartwright, 41, of Allegan, started making steampunk jewelry to reflect her own tastes. “Steampunk” is a term that in art and design refers to modern objects made in a Victorian ...

She had a Victorian pendant with a secret acrostic message. The Victorian era was characterized by multitudinous codes of civility and gentility. This rigidity gave rise to surreptitious coded ...