MakerFrame labeled by
Joseph and John Del Vecchio(American, active Albany and New York)American, active Albany and New York
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Cut-Paper-Work Picture
- Paper cutwork
- Silhouette
Datec. 1805–1810
PlaceAlbany, New York, United States
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumPaper
Dimensions2 3/8 × 2 in. (6 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the W. H. Keenan Family Endowment Fund
Object numberB.2000.11
Non exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Provenance[Whirligig Antiques, Austin, Inc.]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Cut across bottom: AMORE ETERNOS
Printed back label: JO [torn] JNO. VEC [torn] HIO/ LOOKING GLASS AND PRIN [torn] RE,/ WHOLESALE AND RETA [torn]/ No.136 BROADWAY/ NEW NORTH,/ Manufacturers of Looking Glasses, Picture Frames/ & c. & -- Plain, Fancy, and Ornamental Gilding execu ? [worn]/ [torn/worn] manner, on the most reasonable terms [torn]/ [torn] est notice - Spy-Glasses, Quadra...[worn]/ Compasses [torn] Thermometers, Reeves' Wa...[torn]/ N. [worn] Ladies' Needle Work, & c. framed an...[worn]
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