Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting cut paer so a velvet covered top

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

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

Lots of age and wear but stable  and in my opinion all the better for it

I'd use it for serving a sliced pear and a bit of cheese along with a glass of wine

with thin cream lines around each square

Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting cut paer so a velvet covered topI 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