Lorgnette Fan with Scene of Figures in a Courtyard Garden

mid-18th century
Not on view
Lorgnette, or opera-glass fans, were in fashion in France during the seventeenth and again during the latter half of the eighteenth centuries.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lorgnette Fan with Scene of Figures in a Courtyard Garden
  • Date: mid-18th century
  • Culture: Chinese, for the European Market
  • Medium: Watercolor with gold highlights on paper with silk collage; red lacquered and gilded ivory
  • Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 20 in. (29.2 x 50.8 cm)
  • Classification: Fans
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Strong Shattuck, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.80.27
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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