SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF YOUNG WOMAN WITH JESTER-STYLE CUTAWAY SLEEVES

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This daguerreotype, most likely made during the 1850s, depicts a younger woman wearing an intricately-styled dress made of black material. She has one or two rings on the hand she is resting on a small posing table on the right hand side of the portrait; she also is wearing a large and elaborate brooch at her neck. Also visible in the portrait are fancy white lace cuffs, much longer than normal everyday wear, which reach from her wrists practically to the base of her fingers. She has dark eyes and her cheeks have been lightly tinted. The thing that sets this portrait apart from the rest is the unusual design of the sleeves of her dress--they are cutaway style in long, parallel strips, allowing the white material of her blouse to show through. This is the same style of sleeve design found in the costume of medieval court jesters. This plate has rich tones, average focus, and nearly perfect condition. The only flaw on the plate is one small green dot of oxidation, no longer active, seen to the right of the woman's face in the drop. The plate has no scratches, wipes, or pings. The portrait has been resealed with new glass and with pH-neutral Filmoplast P-90 archival paper tape, and simply gleams. An unusual embossed rose-colored velvet pad faces the image; the design features a lyre in the center, surrounded by a design that includes read more

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