Fan, paper, Italy, 1720-1730
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1720-1730
Pleated paper fan painted in watercolour with three cartouches on the front, the central depicting the family of Darius kneeling before Alexander, the left-hand depicting a musician and a girl in a landscape, and the right-hand depicting a musician with a girl spinning in a landscape. On the back is a central small landscape with a palm tree surrounded by sprays of chinoiserie-style flowers.
Ivory sticks pierced with a fretted pattern, and ivory guards carved with scrolls, flowers, and a shepherdess. Joined by a brass rivet with a mother of pearl washer.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper, watercolour, Ivory
- Dimensions
- Length: 27.3 cm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Italy
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O366350
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- T.96-1956
- Museum system number
- O366350
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.