"Miniature On Ivory, Portrait Of A Woman, Nineteenth Century"
Oval miniature on ivory representing a young woman half-length in a plum costume standing out against a monochrome brown background. She wears a half-dress consisting of a so-called “enslavement” necklace and a pair of pearl earrings. The so-called “tuft” hairstyle is characteristic of fashion under Louis-Philippe.
Period: first part of the 19th century.
Circa 1840.