Pleated Fan, late 18th century

Pleated fan with a gilded parchment leaf painted with watercolor. Obverse: figured in 18th-century costume in landscape. At left, a mother and child with hoop. Reverse: paper painted with scenes of youth and maiden seated in landscape. Carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks with gold foil, obverse decorated with medallions and cartouche. Pin is set with a faceted light blue stones.