Cut Paper Scenes, American, circa 1920

Price: $400 & $350, Sight sizes: 2¾” x 4¼” & 2¾” x 5”     Framed sizes: 6½” x 8” & 6½” x 8½”

Much like the popular silhouette portraits of the early 19 th century, these scenes were finely snipped from black glossy paper, and are striking against the crisp white matte.

The first is a delicate work with two couples courting under a wide pergola. Trees flank the scene, and their spiny branches mirror the span. Two birds face each other, perched on the tops of the branches.

The second silhouette we are offering is more provincial in the work and theme. Not quite as delicate, the scene depicts a large man, or hunter, and smaller man facing a stylized bird sitting below spiky trees. A wide black border frames the cut work continuously on all four sides.

Both have been worked in the same glossy black paper, and are in excellent condition. They have been newly matted and are framed in period molded and gold painted frames.

AMERICA'S LEADING SAMPLER AND NEEDLEWORK DEALER
936 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
215-627-7797 fax 215-627-8199

Copyright @ 2008 by M. Finkel & Daughter, Inc. All rights reserved.
No part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without the permission in writing from M. Finkel & Daughter, Inc. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.