Fan
Accessories
2013.1.1.17.AC.FA.C1775.FR
Description
Painted leaf fan with 18 ivory sticks, engraved and hand-painted with roses and leaves, and circular silver inserts. Decorated on the handle with two rhinestones on both sides. The main side is in thin cotton on a paper base richly adorned with a striped pattern embellished with floral and vegetal ornaments of silver thread embroidery with metal sequins forming floral garlands, and decorated with the center scene representing a fashionable engaged couple in front of a burning heart Altar with a Cupid, sitting above it, and a mother's figure on the right.Ivory bones are painted in the style of Mary Antoinette's taste.
Materials
IvoryCotton
Paper
Silver
Silver thread
Sequins
Rhinestones
Origin
vers 1775 FranceDimensions
Length : 49 cmHeight : 27 cm