(Transformation Sets) TRANSFORMATION SET: HAND-PAINTED ON TWELVE THIN FLEXIBLE MICA OVERLAYS; circa 1800. This set includes 12 thin flexible mica overlays, hand-painted with images of elaborate Indian attire and other accessories plus one backing card with portrait and background images; each item measures 4-1/4" x 3"; the mica overlays alter the costume, gender and hair of the portrait backing card; hand-painted mica overlays in spectacular condition; portrait backing card with some small areas of paint loss that doesn't effect how wonderful this set is; set is enclosed within a contemporary paper-covered, sliding-top wooden box measuring 5" x 3-3/4". The condition of the hand-painted mica overlays is FINE. The condition of the portrait backing card and wooden box is VERY GOOD. EXCEEDINGLY RARE; these are spectacular exhibition pieces suitable for any advanced collector's or museum's collection. Literature - - Metken, Sigrid. Geschnittenes Papier. Munchen: Verlag George D. W. Callway, 1978. p. 164. # 000830