French Fan with Courting Scenes.
Unknown, Maker
About the Work
This
is
a
mid
19th
century
French
example
of
silvered
ivory
sticks,
note
the
large
proportions
with
hand-tinted
lithograph
leaf
emulating
the
18th
century
style.
Measurements
Closed 268 x 34 x 20 mm
Open 285 x 450 x 20 mm
Open 285 x 450 x 20 mm
Media
silvered ivory and paper with hand-tinted lithograph
Description
Ivory fan with decorated guards and sticks with silver inlay and punched decoration. The pleated paper leaf has multi-coloured scenes with courting figures, animals, paying music, sharing food, with a lake and building in the background. On the verso is another scene however with less detail.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Bequest of Miss F.J. Montgomery Moore, 1950.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
Dec 1950