Laura, Twice Removed -- Antique Photo of Cut Paper Silhouette in Original Frame log with axe bookends and the booklet

and the booklet

marked Denmark and in very good condition

Blocks are 1" cubed

while also resembling a wedding cake

oak I believe

Laura, Twice Removed -- Antique Photo of Cut Paper Silhouette in Original Frame log with axe bookends and the bookletI believe this is an antique photo of an early cut paper silhouette, I'm guessing the original silhouette c. 1840s, and the photo late 19th c. I love photographs of portraits rendered in other (earlier) media, translating likenesses from one media genre to another and carrying them forward. With lovely scalloped edge to the lace collar, and eyelashes visible. The color is a silvery gray, which, along with the negative of the collar, makes it feel al