Production: Unknown
Brisé fan, sticks of pierced and gilt ivory with a small length of tortoiseshell at the base of the guards. Rivet heads of cut paste. Leaf painted in colours and gilt. On the back, a central large gilt floral spray flanked by smaller sprays. Border of wavy foliage. On the front, two men in Turkish dress are restraining a young woman, watched by another woman standing to the left; landscape background, with an urn and buildings. Border of flowers and scrolls. Gilt edge.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Width: 49 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
19th Century
After
1801
CE
-
Before
1900
CE
French?
Leaf
composed of
gilt
ink
Guards
composed of
tortoise shell
Length 26.2 cm
Sticks+guards
composed of
ivory
Accession number: MAR.M.243-1912
Primary reference Number: 118059
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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