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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1780; Classification(s): fans, folding fan, painting, Folding fan, double skin leaf painted in bodycolour and watercolour. Sticks of pierced and cut ivory, guards of carved, cut and pierced ivory backed with mother-of-pearl (14+2) rivet set with clear pastes; Acquisition: bought by Anne, Countess of Rosse, 1985-01-28, Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum [M.300-1985]
Description: Folding fan, double skin leaf painted in bodycolour and watercolour. Sticks of pierced and cut ivory, guards of carved, cut and pierced ivory backed with mother-of-pearl (14+2) rivet set with clear pastes. Inscribed 'Le mari moderne'. Front: the centre depicts a comic scene with a lady flanked by two gentlemen, one sitting and holding his arm around her waist, the other standing, holding her hand. She is holding one end of a lead, the other end of which is fixed to her husband's nose; he is standing on the left. The ground is painted with a tree, rocks and a tree trunk on the left, and a tree and rock with the inscription 'Le mari moderne' on the right. The background is white with indistinct buildings on the right. Top and lower edging of skin. Back: A pedestal, a tree and some little rocks sit in the centre on a white background. Sticks: all sticks and the shoulder of the guards are pierced in the same way, forming little windows when the fan is closed. an eye-shaped hole in the middle is flanked by five linked dots and a lozenge flanked by two pairs of dots. Guards: both guards proper are decorated in the same way: a flower on the bottom, a quiver and a flower in an oval medallion, a bow, a standing flute player and a music trophy on top. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | fans folding fan Unknown | Temporal: | name=4th quarter 18th century; start=1780; end=1780 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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