27th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2031
 

2031

The Engagement: A Late 18th Century Ivory Fan, the slender monture carved and pierced and...

The Engagement: A Late 18th Century Ivory Fan, the slender monture carved and pierced and painted in pastels, tinged with bolder colour and gold. The double paper leaf shows three outdoor scenes and boasts two fine and detailed portraits of a young man and woman in 18th century dress. The central cartouche, bordered in gold, shows a gathering of young people, finely dressed, celebrating with a toast under a branch dripping with grapes and foliage. The side vignettes, less detailed, show more country folk at leisure outdoors, the one to the left with a kite blowing in the wind. The reserves, in pale lilac, are well painted with floral sprays and birds. The verso is naively painted with trees and bordered with flowers painted in bold orange and pink.
Guard length 10.25 inches or 26cm
Not Sold

 

. Some rubbing to the leaf mainly noted from the verso, colour remains good.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 27th Jun, 2019

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