Fan

Unknown (French)

Item type:

textile, clothing and costume

Date of creation:

1770s

Height:

27.5 cm  (10 13/16 in.)

max. open: 51 cm (20 1/16 in.); arc: 160°

Technique / Medium:

silk leaf painted in gouache, applied sequins and gilt-silver threads; pierced ivory sticks, with piqué work and gilt-silver details

Place of creation:

France

Description

From the museum website:
Double white silk leaf. Design: three vignettes: woman encouraging bird in cage to sing by playing music box, left; man teaching woman song, center; woman embroidering, right; surrounding painted floral design with details in laid gilt-silver yarns and brass sequins. Carved and pierced ivory sticks decorated with gilt-silver and piqué work. "Shuttle-shaped" Wedgwood cameo of Terpsichore on obverse guard (added later); missing cameo on reverse guard.

Iconclass

48C761
musical box
48C755
vocal music, singing
92D425
Terpsichore (one of the Muses); 'Terpsichore' (Ripa)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Musical box [4494]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6059