Americana & Folk Art
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Peggy McClard Antiques Americana & Folk Art |
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Naïve watercolor of a beautiful young lady with piercing blue eyes.
The young woman wears a dress with bodice en gerbe, cross-over
folds set with flounces and pleats. The bodice tucks into a fabric
belt set at the natural waist-line. Her sleeves are toped with
the mancheron, an epaulette-like group of founces at the top of the
sleeve at the shoulder. The sleeves are the style
known as the "Marie", full all the way down but gathered in intervals
with ribbons. She wears her dark hair parted in the middle
and smooth until ringlets are formed above her ears. Her white
lace bonnet is decorated with pink ribbon that ties below her chin.
Her translucent white lace pèlerine
covers the top of her dress. She wears a necklace of some type of
braided material which holds a brooch-slide and mixes with more pink
ribbons. Well-executed details make this portrait a real charmer. In striking period,
possibly original, 8 3/4" x 9 3/4" frame. Circa 1820. (#2439) Sale Pending
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