Antique Glass & Tinsel Spaniard Painting

ANTIQUE REVERSE GLASS AND TINSEL PAINTING OF A SPANIARD LADY IN A BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONAL DRESS WITH FLOWERS. THIS ART WORK IS A FIRST FOR ME.....TINSEL PAINTINGS ARE REVERSE PAINTINGS ON GLASS WITH SMOOTH OR CRUMPLED METALLIC FOIL APPLIED BEHIND TRANSLUCENT AND TRANSPARENT AREAS. WHEN VIEWED IN CANDLE OR GAS LIGHT THE EFFECT WAS ONE OF SHIMMERING HIGHLIGHTS. IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19C TINSEL PAINTING WAS TAUGHT TO REFINED YOUNG WOMAN......THE TINSEL PAINTING DESIGN WAS PAINTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE GLASS, THEN THE STAMENS, VEINS OF FLOWERS eg WERE PAINTED BEFORE THE PETALS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE DESIGN WERE PAINTED. THE BLACK, MOSTLY, BACKGROUNDS WERE FILLED IN. ONCE DRY, THE TINSEL WAS APPLIED. THIS PAINTING IS IN A GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION, WOODEN FRAME 16” x 12”