Sujet

Folding fan decorated with figures, c.1790. Creators: Francis Wheatley, Unknown.

Légende

Folding fan decorated with figures, c.1790. Made with a double sheet of paper; round, cut-out dotted engraving representing a seated woman and lovers with a chinoiserie figure with silk clothes on either side, on an open-work frame of bone. This fan is a European imitation of a Chinese type, which had developed in Canton during the 18th century. These Cantonese fans, which were sought after because of their small figures with faces meticulously painted on ivory, were called 'a hundred faces' fans. Unlike their Chinese examples, the characters on the European imitations not only have a face but also a neck of ivory. The clothing of the warrior and the female is composed of glued pieces of satin and mother-of-pearl. The chinoiserie-like effect is emphasized by the exotic-looking environment in which these figures are placed. Possibly decorated by Francis Wheatley.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A87_280

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

72,1Mo (3,2Mo) / 54,9cm x 32,9cm / 6482 x 3888 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe female women woman people male man men arts fan art guy tables museum Netherlands Dutch color decoration decorative table century bone print furniture decorated watercolour engraved engraving handheld Colour hand held 18th century Eighteenth Century chinoiserie Rijksmuseum TGN object Unknown ivory silk Francis Wheatley Wheatley Francis Francis Wheatly paper Heritage Art Mother of pearl Low Countries tempera copper (metal) watercolour (paint) printing ink leaf (metal)