Fancy Cutwork Picture

Description:

Fancy Cutwork Picture, America, c. 1860, white paper cutout featuring an American flag flanked by men, women, and a child above a pair of peacocks, bordered by a bird and leafy vine border with central spreadwing eagle, all against a blue background, ht. 10 1/2, wd. 15 1/2 in.

Provenance: David Wheatcroft, Westborough, Massachusetts, October 29, 1999.

Note: A similar example is illustrated in Flowering of American Folk Art (Whitney Museum of Art, 1974),p. 98.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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