Brisé fan of carved ivory with a symmetrically structured pattern and on the guards a marriage altar below two birds near a trophy
Also known as: Brisé-waaier van gesneden ivoor met symmetrisch opgebouwd patroon en op de sluitbenen een huwelijksaltaar onder twee vogels bij een trofee
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1815 - c. 1825
Brisé fan of carved ivory with a symmetrically structured pattern provided with four rectangles filled with acanthus leaves and diaper-work framed by stacked ornaments with quatrefoils, diaper-work and floral motifs, on the guards a marriage altar with two flaming hearts and an arrow below two birds near a trophy with lyre and bagpipe.
Copper pivot pin with mother-of-pearl roundel. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2008-104; its record gives material recorded as ivory, copper (metal), mother of pearl; technique cutting; measurements length 24 cm x span 43 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- ivory, copper (metal), mother of pearl
- Technique
- cutting
- Measurements
- length 24 cm x span 43 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 24 cm x span 43 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Brisé-waaier van gesneden ivoor met symmetrisch opgebouwd patroon en op de sluitbenen een huwelijksaltaar onder twee vogels bij een trofee
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-2008-104
- Museum classification
- brisé fan
Catalogue references
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