Engraved, hand-colored and painted paper leaf, turned wood handle
Type:
costume & accessories
Handscreen
Object Name:
Handscreen
Made in:
Paris, France
Date:
ca. 1788
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Handscreen with paper leaf and turned wood handle. Obverse: oval medallion with a hand-colored engraving showing five figures in a forested landscape, surrounded by a framework of hand painted motifs. Reverse: dialogue from the comic opera "Les Solitaires de Normandie."
