Fan with Chinoiserie scene
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan with Chinoiserie scene. Depicting a woman holding a fan, looking at a bird cage, from which two birds are emerging.
Paper leaf with hand coloured etching on shaped ivory sticks, and carved and painted ivory guards.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 980
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1740
This fan forms part of the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015. The collection of over 600 objects ranges in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries and in type from bejewelled and hand-painted court and wedding fans, to printed mass-produced advertising fans, aide-memoire fans, mourning fans and children’s fans.
This is a typical mid-18th century English Chinoiserie fan, its leaf a hand-coloured etching. The costumes and scene are an English response to traditional Chinese and East Asian art, which was highly fashionable at the time, resulting in a style known as Chinoiserie. This fan has delicately carved and hand-painted ivory guards.
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
ivory
Guards
Sticks
Accession number: M.263-2015
Primary reference Number: 204831
Sale number: 980
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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