Name/Title
FanEntry/Object ID
1975.10.4Description
Folding pleated fan with flirting mirror, metal button and rivet, brass loop, no tassel. The leaf is of double enameled paper. Decoration of leaf (recto): Deep blue enameled finish with elaborate gold embellishment. Central cartouche insert a lithograph pastoral scene with two women seated, one gentleman standing, seeming to balance a basket of flowers on one women's head. Decoration of leaf (verso): Pink paper painted with gold foliage decoration in the center. The sticks and guards are probably bone. Decorations on guards: On right guard, applied gold painted entrelacs, a stamped ornate brass frame with an oval flirting mirror. Decorations on sticks: The recto gorge is delicately painted with blue and gold floral motifs and entrelacs. Verso gorge is painted in center with abstract gold motif.Dimensions
Width
15-1/2 inDepth
4 inLength
8-1/2 inMaterial
Paper, Bone, brass