Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The Art of Silhoettes

Flicking through a magazine and saw this book, The Art of Silhouettes by Emma Rutherford. Emma Rutherford is an art historian who has specialized in silhouettes and portrait miniatures for fifteen years and the book is a fascinating history of the art form and the social history hidden behind its shadows.

This book made me think of a trip to France a couple of years ago with my nieces, as they had their silhouettes created, in Montmartre, as you do.....

Here are some vintage silhouettes, used in interiors:




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