02-15-200902-15-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2444Boston
February 15, 2009 11:00 AMCalender
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Portrait of a Girl with Long Braided Hair

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$3,555$3,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2444Location: BostonDate / Time: February 15, 2009 11:00AM

Description:

Portrait of a Girl with Long Braided Hair, possibly Boston, c. 1840, subject and date inscribed in pencil on reverse "Rebecca Boardman, Boston, Mass./This portrait painted on ivory (1840) when she was about 14 yrs. old," watercolor and gouache on ivory, depicting the girl wearing a blue and white patterned dress, coral and gold jewelry, seated on a red upholstered chair beside a table and urn of pink roses, 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in., housed in an embossed brass frame. Condition: Paint losses on chair back and l.r. corner of table.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

The paint losses are on the brown wood frame of the chair and at l.r. corner about 1/2 x 1/4 in., both areas are fairly unobtrusive, also four minute stray brown specs on her left cheek and jawline area.

Keywords

chair , Polaroid 88 Polacolor ER 3-1/4 x 3-3/8'' Film, 80 ASA (623959), red upholstered chair , Massachusetts