Chinoiserie fan with a European scene

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An image of Folding fan with a central pastoral scene of a seated European courting couple, watched by two men, set against a European-style landscape, the whole flanked by oriental motifs and figures within oriental landscapes. Paper leaf decorated on one side with hand-coloured etching, the top edge reinforced with an adhered narrow plain paper border, on shaped, painted, and varnished elephant ivory sticks and guards. Circa 1740. Chinoiserie. English.

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Folding fan with a central pastoral scene of a seated European courting couple, watched by two men, set against a European-style landscape, the whole flanked by oriental motifs and figures within oriental landscapes. Paper leaf decorated on one side with hand-coloured etching, the top edge reinforced with an adhered narrow plain paper border, on shaped, painted, and varnished elephant ivory sticks and guards. Circa 1740. Chinoiserie. English.

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Accession Number: M.258-2015
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 707 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 133.21kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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18th Century Chinoiserie costume couple courting courtship English etching European fan fans fashion fashionable Fitz_AA folding fan ivory landscape painted paper pierced scenes

Chinoiserie fan with a European scene

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