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.

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Exhibition History

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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