Large Victorian Lacquered Fan – RESERVED for K
€100.00
Large mid-19th century Spanish fan made of lacquered and painted wooden sticks and a hand coloured lithograph leaf showing dance scenes on both sides.
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Description
Origin: Spain
Date: 1850-1865
This large mid-19th century fan is made of lacquered and painted wooden sticks and a double paper leaf. The sticks are painted with flowers and a central lakescape. The front leaf shows a handcoloured lithograph of couples in 18th century dress dancing in a garden. The reserves are printed with fountains? set amid gardens, all in blues and yellow colours. The reverse leaf is purple in colour and bears a single lithograph in the centre showing a young lady playing a hurdy gurdy while another is dancing. The fan still has its original silk tassel attached.
Length: 10.5″ (27 cm) Width: 19.5″ (50 cm)
Condition: Excellent, usable, condition with minor wear commensurate with age.
