Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting private eye so I scoop them up

so I scoop them up whenever I find them--and part of the beauty of these is that the more one has

geometrically shaped logos

5ʺ x 12" and in very good condition

All seams tightly held

Later 19th C. Flowers in Urn Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting private eye so I scoop them upI 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