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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1770 - circa 1780; Classification(s): fans, folding fan, painting, Folding fan, double leaf, front of skin, reverse of paper, and both sides painted in bodycolour and silvered. Sticks and guards of shaped and carved tortoiseshell, the latter backed with mother-of-pearl (10+2). Rivet of tortoiseshell; Acquisition: bequeathed by Stanley, A.F. The Hon. Mrs, 1955-10-19, Bequeathed by the Hon Mrs A.F. Stanley [M.12-1955]
Description: Double leaf, front of skin, reverse of paper, and both sides painted in bodycolour and silvered. Sticks and guards of shaped and carved tortoiseshell, the latter backed with mother-of-pearl (10+2). Rivet of tortoiseshell. Front: classical scene. Back: figures in classical dress. | 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=late 18th century; start=1770; 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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