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Pleated Fan, 1800–1810
Pleated fan. Leaf of painted paper backed with parchment. Obverse: an allegorical scene depicting a hero returning from war. Reverse: foliage sprays in gilt. Sticks of carved and pierced ivory,…
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Pleated Fan, ca. 1815
Pleated fan. Leaf is a single layer of white net, obverse appliquéd with gilt spangles and mirror-like steel in varied shapes. Guards and sticks of amber colored horn, pierced and…
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Pleated Fan, 18th century
Pleated fan. Parchment leaf painted in gouache. Obverse: a classical Roman scene set in the Roman forum. In the foreground, a man (Marcus) points out a maiden (Virginia), accompanied by…
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Pleated Fan, ca. 1740
Pleated fan. Parchment leaf painted in watercolor. Obverse: scene of figures in a landscape after “L’Assemblée Galante” of Jean-Antoine Watteau. Reverse: Chinoiserie scene with a man and woman in a…
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Pleated Fan, mid- 19th century
Pleated fan. Paper leaf with chromolithograph showing decorative designs and Turkish scenes. Obverse, from left: the Bosphorus with the sultan’s barge; figure smoking a hookah; a slave market in Constantinople,…
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Pleated Fan, mid- 18th century
Pleated fan. Parchment leaf painted with classical scene after the fresco called “Aurora and the Hours.” Small gilt-scroll borders. Reverse: painted with outdoor scene. Carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks overlaid…
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Pleated Fan, 1760–80
Pleated fan. Leaf of painted parchment backed with painted paper; sticks of incised and pierced mother-of-pearl with applied metallic foil; glass stone at the rivet. The figures in the central…
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Pleated Fan, mid- 19th century
Pleated fan. Paper leaf with hand-colored lithograph. Obverse: romantic scene of pleasure boat and figured in 17th century costume. Reverse: romantic pastoral scene showing shepherds and shepherdesses in country landscape.…
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Pleated Fan, mid- 19th century
Pleated fan. Gilded paper leaf with lithographs. Obverse: purple and copper-colored paper gilded showing three proscenium arches with curtains and pseudo-Renaissance motifs framing hand-colored lithographs of theatrical Spanish scenes. At…
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Pleated Fan (Italy), late 18th–early 19th century
Pleated fan. Parchment leaf gilded and painted in watercolors. Obverse: birth scene in woodland setting with mother reclining on couch while the child is washed and attended by maidens. At…
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