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Hollow cut silhouette set over black silk of a woman facing right, drawn ink hair details, mounted in a oval brass frame with foliate and reed borders, verre eglomise mat with oval opening with gold border.
silhouettes
glass (material)
brass (alloy)
SILHOUETTE
3562
Unknown
Probably American
5 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 3/4 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1925.659
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