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Marriage Fan | |
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Title/s | Marriage Fan |
Maker/s | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
folding fan |
School/Style | |
Description | Ivory sticks silvered. Wedgwood medallions under glass ovals on each guard. Paste button, tubular rivet. One main scene and two smaller vignettes on a parchment leaf. Signed and dated. |
Production Place | France (country) French (nationality) |
Technique Description | parchment leaf., painted in gouache; ivory sticks silvered. Paste button, tubular rivet. |
Dimensions |
length: (guards): 27.6
cm |
Period | late 18th century |
Date | 1782 |
Provenance | given: Goetze, Sigismund, Mrs 1943-11-06 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Given by Mrs Sigismund Goetze |
Inscriptions/Marks |
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Other Notes | |
Accession Number | M.15-1943 (Applied Arts) |
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