Name/Title
FanEntry/Object ID
2012.4.15Description
Folding pleated paper fan with double leaf of embossed/texture paper, with bone shaped and carved sticks and guards (sticks also pierced), metal button and rivet, and no loop or tassel. Decoration of leaf (recto): Light green, glittered and painted with pastel flowers and leaves, the top edged with a trail of gold interspersed with festoons of pastel flowers at left and right. Center of leaf with a large nset cartouche of smooth paper, depicting a man and woman in 18th century dress, the man painting a portrait of the woman who is seated by a pair of columns. The cartouche outlined in tiny gold sequins. No decoration of on the verso leaf. Decorations on guards: Lower half shaped and carved. Upper half broader and carved with neoclassical motifs, highlighted with applied gold and silver foil.
Decorations on sticks: Lower portions shaped but plain. Upper gorge carved and pierced with alternating neoclassic motifs, with applied gold and silver foil.
Probable Country of Origin: England, Holland (Low Countries) or FranceDimensions
Width
18 inDepth
5-1/4 inLength
11 inMaterial
Paper, Bone, Metal