Dressed pictures are not to be confused with tinsel paintings; they are collages on paper or cardboard ground that often include metallic foil. In this example, metallic foil is used but there is no reverse painting, and glass is not the support. First appearing in France in the eighteenth century and in England at the beginning of the ninteenth century, "dressed engravings" or gravures découpées, often depicted theatrical or royal figures, frequently shown as caricatures.

Lee Kogan, "Dressed Picture of Two Women, Urn of Flowers, and Starry Sky," exhibition label for FOILED: Tinsel Painting in America. Lee Kogan, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012-2013.