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Naive Pastel Portrait of Young Woman with Wonderfully Coiffured Hair (1 of 10)
The Three MusCATeers
Flag of United KingdomKent, UK
I am a small private dealer with a love for small decorative items predominantly from the Georgian and Victorian periods each with their own beauty. A beauty that is not always expected. Below are some of my favourite finds and past sales from Etsy where I have been trading for the last 7 years.
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Naive Pastel Portrait of Young Woman with Wonderfully Coiffured Hair

REF: LA488693
£320
€374
$403
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Description
This pastel portrait would I think date from her costume to the early 1800's, possibly 1840. There is a naivety to the quality of the drawing, with the simplicity of her hair and her dress, but her face I think is quite beautiful and quite fine, with those fine dark eyebrows and almond shaped eyes of deep blue and that little mouth matching the same colour as her dress. She is certainly attired beautifully, her hair arranged in what could be called an Apollo Knot with that wonderful comb/tiara placed on her crown and with those two dark ringlets falling on either side. Her Empire Line dress is set off perfectly by that wonderful shawl with just that hint of colourful embroidery at its edge. She is seated in front of a wonderful vibrant blue background which lightens from the grey blue at the bottom to a sky blue at the top. The portrait sits in a gold painted wooden frame, which is certainly not the original one, but from the label on the back and the format of the London telephone number (active between 1958 and May 1990) I think would date to circa 1980.
measurements
Height:
40 cm
Width:
34 mm
Depth:
4 cm
declaration
The Three MusCATeers has clarified that the Naive Pastel Portrait of Young Woman with Wonderfully Coiffured Hair (LA488693) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being Portrait c.1840 + Frame c.1980
condition
Both the portrait and the frame are in good condition. There does seem to be a little rippling to the paper although I do feel this is exaggerated by the way the background has been painted and is more noticeable at the top than at the bottom. There is what almost looks like a white hair but I think it could be a scratch in the drawing just by her bun on the side where her shawl is draped.
additional info
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Origin:
Date of Manufacture:
Portrait c.1840 + Frame c.1980
location
This Naive Pastel Portrait of Young Woman with Wonderfully Coiffured Hair is located in Kent, United Kingdom

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