Fan
Dateca. 1760
OriginEngland
MediumPaper with cutwork and watercolor (grisaille), black lacquered wood, bone guards.
DimensionsOL: 11 1/2"
11 1/2 x 19 1/4" open
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1992-36
DescriptionFan in shades of white, black and grey. Plain sticks and guard japanned with gold in chinoiserie design, the sticks mounted between the double leaf. Guard sticks are bone below, painted black at juncture with leaf. Continuous pleated paper leaf is decorated with punched lacy designs on every other pleat (decoupe) and painted grisaille designs of butterfly, gnarled tree and Oriental woman feeding birds. Reverse is painted with butterfly and flower stem.MarkingsNone found
ProvenancePurchased for CWF at Phillips, London, Sale # 28886, Lot 150, 2/19/1992, by Madeleine Ginsburg, 65 Warrington Crescent, London W9 1EH.
