logo

 
20th C. Art
Accessories
Artworks
Folk Art
Antique Furniture
Textiles
 
 
Puffy Sleeve Artist-Silhouette (Salmon Dress)
Mouse-Over to Magnify
Click to Enlarge


New Hampshire, Vermont, or Massachusetts, c. 1830
Hollow-cut watercolor on paper, 4.5 x 3.5 inches
Period black painted frame

Examples of silhouettes by the Puffy Sleeve Artist in which the sitters are rendered with full-length bodies are very rare. This one, with its free-floating figure, is unique, in our experience.

Provenance
David A. Schorsch, Woodbury, Connecticut
Pam Boynton, Groton, Massachusetts



Profile Portrait of a GentlemanQueen Anne Highboy