Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting cut paer which reads a bit green

which reads a bit green in some of the photos and a bit pink in others

31 5/8" x 13 1/2"

making them easy to hang up anywhere

(I've included an image of one for reference at end of photos

so a velvet covered top was added as a replacement to protect them Personally though

Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting cut paer which reads a bit greenI recently spent a bunch of time going through the online collection of the American Folk Art Museum, which happens to have the largest collection of tinsel paintings anywhere, many of which were featured in a major 2013 exhibition there titled "Foiled." Looking at those examples got me thinking about, and paying more attention to, this particular form of reverse glass painting, in which crumpled pieces of metallic foil were applied behind unpainted