Jun 13, 2017 - Sale 2451

Sale 2451 - Lot 115

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MANUSCRIPT WORK / COSTUME / MOVABLES.) 19th century costume and model watercolors. Comprised of a 5x4-inch sheet of paper with a 45x35-mm; 1 1/4x1 1/4 watercolor and ink profile of a woman, accompanied by a group of 11 hand-drawn paper squares displaying head coverings and bust garments with cut-out background to place over the woman's profile, each captioned in margin. Two are rendered in black and white, the other 10 are brightly colored. American, 19th century

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an extremely charming set of handmade changeable costume headdresses possibly created as a children's game or for an amateur theater venture. The costumes are labeled: The Turkish dress, The Virgin of the Sun, The East Indian dress, The Russian Costume, The Gypsy, The Peasant girl, The Polish dress, The Bohemian dress, The Nun (monochrome), The Circassian dress, Mary, Queen [of Scots] (right side torn away), black-and-white.