Black and White Cut Paper Silhouettes of Young Woman in Antique Pocket Frame porcelain teapot The orange geometric design and

The orange geometric design and black scalloped lines are slightly more thickly painted

10 1/4" x 11 1/8" x 5 3/8" tall

that he represents some sort of ogre

except that I believe she studied at Parsons School of Design in New York and received her BFA in Painting from Mass College of Art

Black and White Cut Paper Silhouettes of Young Woman in Antique Pocket Frame porcelain teapot The orange geometric design andI don't know a lot about cut paper silhouettes, but I do believe these are likely not too much older than the pocket frame, which based on some research I believe dates to the 1860s or so. The relative simplicity of the silhouettes makes me think that it might have been done by a schoolgirl or the young woman herself rather than a silhouette artist, who might have included greater detail. And curious, at least to me, that there be a positive and