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Regency Silhouette of a Lady in a Turban Cap in an Ebony Frame
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Regency Silhouette of a Lady in a Turban Cap in an Ebony Frame

19th century
Description

This delightful and rather unusual silhouette features a woman with a distinguishing striped turban cap. She wears a typical dress of the Regency period with a ruffed collar. The silhouette is inscribed on the back. The text is difficult to read but suggests that the image is of Sarah Newton ne Whiffew. The Acorn Frame to the front shows a little wear to the ebony commensurate with age. To the back there is more wear as shown in the photo.

This is an original work on paper and is both a good example and in good condition.

The earliest professional silhouettes were portrait miniaturists. As the popularity of silhouettes increased, itinerant silhouettists travelled through Victorian Britain. As photography was expensive and largely inaccessible, silhouettes were a popular way to remember loved ones.

Silhouettes were named after Etienne Silhouette (1709-1767), a French Minister of Finance, who enjoyed cutting paper shadow portraits.

Turbans were popular head covering in the Regency period and reflected the growing interest in the Ottoman Empire. Some turbans were pre made and others were traditionally wound around the head.

Physical Dimensions
Height
14cm (5.51")
Width
9cm (3.54")
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Gertrude Antiques has dated this Regency Ebony Framed Silhouette to the 19th Century.

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SA1116046
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This delightful and rather unusual silhouette features a woman with a distinguishing striped turban cap. She wears a typical dress of the Regency period with a ruffed collar. The silhouette is inscribed on the back. The text is difficult to read but suggests that the image is of Sarah Newton ne Whiffew. The Acorn Frame to the front shows a little wear to the ebony commensurate with age. To the back there is more wear as shown in the photo.
fig 1. A rectangular black ebonised frame featuring a central oval aperture displaying a black paper silhouette profile of a lady wearing a turban cap, topped with a brass hanging ring.
fig 1. Regency Silhouette of a Lady in a Turban Cap in an Ebony Frame

This is an original work on paper and is both a good example and in good condition.

The earliest professional silhouettes were portrait miniaturists.

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As the popularity of silhouettes increased, itinerant silhouettists travelled through Victorian Britain.
Gertrude Antiques

As photography was expensive and largely inaccessible, silhouettes were a popular way to remember loved ones.

Silhouettes were named after Etienne Silhouette (1709-1767), a French Minister of Finance, who enjoyed cutting paper shadow portraits.

Turbans were popular head covering in the Regency period and reflected the growing interest in the Ottoman Empire. Some turbans were pre made and others were traditionally wound around the head.

Height
14cm (5.51")
Width
9cm (3.54")
Date of Manufacture

Gertrude Antiques has dated this Regency Ebony Framed Silhouette to the 19th Century.

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Archive I A rectangular black ebonised frame featuring a central oval aperture displaying a black paper silhouette profile of a lady wearing a turban cap, topped with a brass hanging ring.

Regency Silhouette of a Lady in a Turban Cap in an Ebony Frame

Archive II A rectangular black ebonised frame featuring a central oval aperture displaying a black paper silhouette profile of a lady wearing a turban cap, topped with a brass hanging ring. View II
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A rectangular black ebonised frame featuring a central oval aperture displaying a black paper silhouette profile of a lady wearing a turban cap, topped with a brass hanging ring.
Regency Silhouette of a Lady in a Turban Cap in an Ebony Frame
Ref: SA1116046
A rectangular black ebonised frame featuring a central oval aperture displaying a black paper silhouette profile of a lady wearing a turban cap, topped with a brass hanging ring.
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A Regency silhouette portrait is a profile depiction rendered in solid black ink or cut paper against a light background, popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries as an accessible alternative to painted miniatures.

Frames from this period were commonly crafted from black painted wood, ebonised timber, or molded papier-mache, often featuring a brass inner bezel, convex glass, and an acorn or leaf brass hanging mount at the top.

Authentic period silhouettes demonstrate natural paper discolouration, slight foxing, crisp hand-cut or painted edge detail, and period-correct backing inside original wooden or papier-mache frames.

These small-scale profile artworks are frequently styled in grouped gallery wall arrangements, positioned in narrow hallway alcoves, or layered upright on bookshelf displays alongside antique ceramics.

To preserve paper silhouettes, display them away from direct sunlight and areas of fluctuating humidity to prevent fading and mould, cleaning the cover glass carefully with a dry microfibre cloth.
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