print email comment close Shades and Shadow-Pictures: The Materials and Techniques of American Portrait Silhouettes URL: http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v18/bp18-07.html Description: Historic overview of the development of American portrait silhouettes (also known as "profiles," "shadow portraits," and "scissortypes"). Discusses the derivation of the term "silhouette" (from the surname of an eighteenth-century finance minister to Louis XV), how silhouettes are presented (such as in albums and mounted), types of paper used, tracing devices, and more. From the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Book and Paper Group. Author: Knipe, Penley Publisher: American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works LII Database Information: Record 24284 created by Maria Brandt on 08/13/2007 Last modification on 10/14/2009 Published: 08/15/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24284