Hand screens
Accessories
Inventory number
2022.2.4.15ab.AC.FA.C1830.FRDescription
Pair of hand screens with wooden handle and decagonal cardboard base. The edges of both screens are formed by Roman garlands in high relief, framing a green plate. A printed engraving framed by a golden and flowery border is glued on top. On the first screen, it represents the view from the bank of a river. It depicts onlookers, a horseman, a sailboat, and a hilly and built-up opposite bank. On the reverse, an engraving called "Morale" entitled "The donkey carrying relics'' with en illustration. It is the fourteenth fable of the book V of Jean de La Fontaine. On the second screen, the front engraving represents a lake in the middle of a park. It is surrounded by quays and Gothic revival buildings. A shoal of ducks frolics in the middle while onlookers paddle around. On the reverse, a missing insert with one of the fables of Jean de La Fontaine was stuck on.Materials
CardboardWood
Embossed paper
Engraved on paper
Origin
circa 1830 FranceDimensions
Length : 22 cmHeight : 33 cm