Fan, or firescreen
Artist
FRENCH
Date18th century
MediumWood, paper
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Patrick C. Hill
Object number1963.12.9
Description"Screen fan". Leaf - shaped with wooden handle, painted green. The designs are painted, cut out of paper which is glued on the panels and varnished. One side has a pastoral scene of a man playing a horn to a woman, and the other side has a man with a musket sitting by a stream in a forest. The edge is of scalloped gold paper.On View
Not on viewCollections
18th century
Late 19th century, maybe
1720-1726
18th century
mid 19th cent
1920-1925
Late 19th century, maybe