Americana & Folk Art
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Peggy McClard Antiques Americana & Folk Art |
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Beautiful fully painted (not cut) silhouette of a lady standing next to
a Sheraton period chair. The woman is painted in Venetian red with exuberant gilt embellishment showing the details of her lace
bonnet, dress, belt, jewelry, shawl-draped chair, and the rest of this
very detailed profile. The lady's dress with the draped bodice
with cross-over folds (bodice en gerbe), wide shoulders, demi-gigot
sleeves (full to the elbow then tight to the wrist), belted waist and
long skirt showing only the toe of the shoe, date this silhouette to
circa 1825. She wears a short chain with a wide pendant at her
throat and a long chain that reaches below her belt and is gathered back
up with either a miniature or watch tucked into her belt. Her lace
pèlerine is beautifully detailed, as
is her transparent lace bonnet with long ribbons hanging untied from the
front ends. She holds a handkerchief loosely from her proper left
hand and her right hand holds onto the chair back on which her shawl is
draped. The period gilt frame has worn down to the rose colored
bole beneath....which I think is beautiful and coordinates wonderfully
with this silhouette. Framed size 8 1/2" x 11 3/4". (#4661) $850 |
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