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FRENCH FOLDING FAN. DOUBLE LEAF; THE RECTO,PROBABLY IN GOUACHE PAINTED SWAN SKIN, REPRESENTS A MUSICAL MOMENT OF COUNTRY LIFE AFTER F. BOUCHER (SEE THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT: "THE NEST" - 1740, PENDANT OF "THE DELIGHTS OF RURAL LIFE"). THE VERSO, IN PAPER, REPRESENTS A COLUMBARY AND A NEST, LOVE SYMBOLS. STICKS ARE IN INLAYED, PIERCED PAINTED AND GOLD INCRUSTED IVORY. THE GUARD STICKS HAVE THE BASE IN PAINTED MOTHER OF PEARL. THE CASE HAS AN HOLLOW SPACE WITH A COMEDY PAGE REPRESENTED IN VERSAILLES AT 1787, SO IT DOESN'T OWN TO THE FAN, WHICH IS OF 1750. CM 46 x 27 |