Gilded parchment leaf painted with watercolor; carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks with gold foil, pin set with a faceted stone
Type:
costume & accessories
Pleated fan
Made in:
France
Date:
late 18th century
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Pleated fan with a gilded parchment leaf painted with watercolor. Obverse: figured in 18th-century costume in landscape. At left, a mother and child with hoop. Reverse: paper painted with scenes of youth and maiden seated in landscape. Carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks with gold foil, obverse decorated with medallions and cartouche. Pin is set with a faceted light blue stones.
