Hair Comb

The flower-like form ornamenting the center of this hair comb is called an anthemion. Thought to resemble the honeysuckle plant, the motif was copied from ancient Greek and Roman art and
architecture. Its name derived from the Greek word for ‘flower.’ This hair comb, which may have been worn by Richmond’s Sallie Munford Talbott Young (1873–1944), illustrates one early-20th
century interpretation of the neoclassical style.