Pleated Fan, late 18th–early 19th century

Pleated Fan, late 18th–early 19th century

Pleated fan. Gilded parchment leaf painted with gouache. Obverse: classical scene illustrating the sacrifice of Iphigenia showing a sorrowing warrior at left; at center, a sacrificial altar to which the aged priest Colchas leads the weeping Iphigenia, while above in the clouds are Artemis with a deer; at right, a warrior and two female figures, watching the heavenly apparition. Narrow, gilded borders of abstract design interrupted by colored jewel motifs, with additional leaf motifs at ends. Reverse: two figures in a landscape with ruins. Ivory sticks carved à jour with self-contained designs of arrows or tracery combined with a fern motif. Reverse: not carved. Carved arrow-shaped guards, gorge pierced with tiny vine motif and backed with ivory. Reverse of right guard, carved and overlaid with gold foil. Guard proper, edge serrated, decorated with tapering panel of delicate tracery backed by gold foil. Ivory button at rivet.

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Mirror (England), late 19th–early 20th century Mirror (England), late 19th–early 20th century

Jacket (France), late 18th–early 19th century Jacket (France), late 18th–early 19th century

Button, late 18th century Button, late 18th century