Cutwork Paper
Scherenschnitte, Paper Cuttings, Hans Christian Andersen, Whimsy
Sandy Hook, CT: Caroline Stokes, [1980]. The whimsy and fantasy found in many of his stories can be seen in these reproductions of works originally created by Andersen. In the first scherenschnitte you will see a character in his likeness unable to attain the ballerina at the top of the.....
Price: $425.00
Paper-cuts, Make-do
Sixteen (16) different paper-cuts and accessories. They are 'make-do' as previously printed publications were used to cut the paper. There are 8 horses, 2 dogs, coaches, wagons, Finally they is an array of saddles, blankets and bridles to 'accessorize' the animals. The copybook was found with the paper-cuts and belonged.....
Price: $1,000.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Folk Valentine,Cut Paper,Love Token,Inscription
England: 1787. An exceptional example of an English hand-cut folk art valentine with an inscription dated 1787. Features an intricate design including sawtooth edges, heart and dove imagery, and pinpricking for texture (e.g. in the doves' wings to mimic feathers). There is one central circle surrounded by eight smaller circles.....
Price: $4,000.00
Scherenschnitte, Putnam-Houser House
A grouping of materials belonging to John D. Ripley found by a descendant among papers in the of the Putnam-Houser House in 1981. Contents include:A 12” x 15” scherenschnitte or cut-work paper valentine with elongated floral design and circular decorative elements at border. Center has a hand-penned verse reading “This.....
Price: $1,300.00
Cutwork Paper, Regency Era, Women's Work
[1815]. Four (4) different examples of intricate cutting done from a single sheet of paper. All oval in shape with an array of stylized elements from nature. All delicately designed and cut in a organized and somewhat geometric chaos. Each measures approximately 5" x 3 1/2" The paper most likely.....
Price: $900.00
Paper Folk Art, Made by Hand, Love and Friendship
c1860. A saw-toothed border leaf shaped hand cut polished paper leaf (4" x 3 1/4") with stripped of blue, pink, navy and yellow paper decoratively woven through the leaf creating a geometric design. Housed in a 7"x 5" oval what appears to be gutta percha frame. Framed at a later.....
Price: $175.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Cut Paper Silhouettes,Cutwork,Pastoral and Bucolic Scenes
England: c.1856. A remarkable collection of small cut paper silhouettes made by a single (most likely female) creator around 1856. In total there are approx. thirty-nine (39) cut paper silhouettes, interleaved with approx. 3-4 examples of pressed flowers and moss specimens labeled in pencil (including one labeled "from the Crimea").....
Price: $3,200.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,Cutwork, Made by Hand, Allegory
An intricate little scene comprised of multiple layers of polished and textured paper. A young woman and a sea captain stand hand-in-hand in a clearing. A rifle is laid atop a large rock in the foreground. A rabbit and two birds lay nearby (perhaps having been shot). A small dog.....
Price: $600.00
Paper cutwork
Ashover (Derbyshire?): 19th century. A remarkably fine piece of paper cutwork, depicting a wreath with the name "Isaac Bown Twigg" in the center, and the town "Ashover" (Derbyshire village) below. Measures approx. 2" in diameter.
Price: $200.00
Cutwork, Devotional, Made by Hand, Watercolor, Scherenschnitte, Canivet
A 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" delicate hand made paper devotional or "Nun Cut" Flaming hearts surrounded by roses and thorns Verse reads " O God ... will Again. Vivid watercolor decoration with gold and green border decoration. Reverse is blank.
Price: $350.00
Cutwork, Silhouette, Made by Hand
[1820]. A 2 1/2" x 6 3/4" cutwork from a single sheet black matte paper depicts a tree, three swans and a shrub. Note the delicate cuts and fine finish work. The paper has a very high rag content allowing it to be somewhat pliable. The reverse is blank. A......
Price: $225.00
Cut Paper, Paper Doll Clothing
1860s. A set of eight (8) handmade paper mantels and shawls for paper dolls. Materials used include chromolithographed paper, embossed paper, paper hand-painted with watercolor or ink, and metallic gold paper for details. Each is tri-fold to wrap around the doll. One of the mantles has been folded in half.....
Price: $250.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,cutwork paper, scherenschnitte, canivet, made by hand, folk art
c1810. A 6 1/2" cut paper scene with three (3) birds perched on tree branches on a 10" x 8 1/4" backing sheet. The bodies are constructed of razor feather cuts and pinprick feet. Miniature feather cuts around the eye. Done in the style of Elizabeth Cobbold...
Price: $750.00
Cut Paper,Nature Scenes
19th century. A fine, and highly intricate, hand-cut tree and river scene, depicting a swan gliding by what appears to be a willow tree swaying in the wind with thistles to the right of its trunk. Measures approx. 3.25" by 4", mounted on bright red paper measuring approx. 3.5" by.....
Price: $225.00
Trinket box, made by hand, cut paper
3” x 4 ½” x 2” glass topped trinket box with straw decorated exterior and paper lined interior. Depicts a Naïve Alter boy with a Cross among the Flowering Trees, Vines, and Shrubs. All handmade paper cuts. Boy with halo dressed in real fabric dress with lace topper. some wear.....
Price: $450.00
Intricate Cutwork,Natural Imagery
Early 19th. century. A group of four (4) remarkably intricate and finely-wrought examples of early nineteenth century paper cut work. They have been designed and cut by someone who was evidently quite skilled in the practice. Two of the examples depict trees with long branches waving dramatically in the wind;.....
Price: $500.00
Cut Paper,Paper Play Sets
United States: 1890s? A charming paper play set made by a child from cut paper with pencil artwork, including a husband and wife, horse, and a working movable cart. The cart has been cleverly designed (perhaps with the aid of an adult) from two paper wheels and a folded paper.....
Price: $350.00
canivet, cutwork, nun cut
c1780s. A 4.25" by 2.75" intricate and delicate cutwork presumably from France, created by nuns in the 1780s or 1790s. Note the razor slits and pinprick at base. Watercolor decoration with AB or NB seated on a green grass with flowers above. The reverse has the Eye of Providence above.....
Price: $400.00
Canivet,Nuns,Saint Barbara
19th century. An intricate hand-cut and colored canivet depicting Saint Barbara, an early Greek saint and martyr, and patron saint of armorers and mathematicians. The maker of the canivet, most likely a nun, has hand colored a scolloped border around the saint, decorated with flowers, pin pricks, and small cuts.....
Price: $400.00
cutwork, Cobbold
A 10" x 7 1/2" sheet with a cutwork depicting a woman riding a horse, all cut from a single sheet of paper. Note how the horses' front left hoof attaching the ground to the horse and rider. Elizabeth Cobbold(1767-1824) She gave elaborate valentine parties and created a cut-works, some.....
Price: $425.00
Made by Children
United States: c.1900. Naive folk art paper horse, hand cut from what appears to be a handwritten letter or other manuscript waste. The child has carefully outlined the animal in pencil before coloring it in with dark red brown watercolor. Measures approx. 2.5" by 2"
Price: $65.00
Nursery Rhymes,Storytelling,Cut Paper Art
United States: c.1900? A skillful collection of folk art nursery rhyme scenes, showcasing one maker's talent for storytelling through the art of cut paper. Each example has been created by folding black construction paper several times, making one or more cuts on one or two edges only, then unfolding the.....
Price: $550.00
Cutwork,Nature
[Pennsylvania?]: 1860s. Small folk art example of "scherenschnitte", or hand cut paper art. This example was folded before being hand-cut resulting in the beautifully symmetric design here. Depicts a tree with two birds and a bright star at the top of the branches. Mounted on light blue construction paper measuring.....
Price: $75.00
Woven Heart,Pennsylvania Dutch,Love Tokens
[Pennsylvania]: 1850s. An attractive schoolgirl paper woven heart with scalloped edges. The two paper hearts were hand-cut and woven together in a technique that is, in actuality, harder than it appears. A nice example of folk art, this example with small hand-penciled flora on the lighter paper side. Measures approx.....
Price: $150.00