Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting cut paer is really striking from a

is really striking from a distance

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

31 5/8" x 13 1/2"

or anywhere it might be seen both up close and from a distance

with thin cream lines around each square

Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting cut paer is really striking from aI 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