Gilt and gessoed rectangular silhouette frame with mitered corners and simple molding; glazed, wooden backing; brass ring hanger attached to top.
silhouettes
wood (plant material)
Silhouette
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
4 3/8 x 3 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.355
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