Italian ivory folding fan, closed

An image of Folding Fan. Double leaf of paper, painted in bodycolour and gilt. Sticks and guards of pierced, fretted, carved, painted and gilt ivory (10+2), the piercing of the guards backed with blue silk, and the head strengthened with tortoiseshell. Rivet set with clear pastes. Length (guards) 28.8 cm, width (leaf) 52 cm. Circa 1750-1760. Italian.

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Folding Fan. Double leaf of paper, painted in bodycolour and gilt. Sticks and guards of pierced, fretted, carved, painted and gilt ivory (10+2), the piercing of the guards backed with blue silk, and the head strengthened with tortoiseshell. Rivet set with clear pastes. Length (guards) 28.8 cm, width (leaf) 52 cm. Circa 1750-1760. Italian.

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Accession Number: M.137-1985
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 320 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 128.52kB

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18th Century cherubs Chinaman Chinoiserie fan Fitz_AA floral flowers folding fan Italian ivory putti putto Roccoco Rococo

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