Vintage Silhouette Painting on Paper in 18th Century Fashion & Coiffure

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This unusual painting is a stunner. A regally dressed and coiffured woman with fan is beautifully depicted in scarlett. Several … more This unusual painting is a stunner. A regally dressed and coiffured woman with fan is beautifully depicted in scarlett. Several techniques combine to in this drawing. First, it appears as a cut paper silhouette, but it isn't, its a painting. Lamp black or black paint was used to create the silhouette on paper. Gouache was then used to paint coiffure, clothing and fan. The painting is mounted behind a glass matt painted black with hand painted gold edging and a gold foil wheel quartered and used as decorative brackets. All of this is mounted under a protective layer of glass in a wood frame. less