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"Picnic Scene" fan
"Picnic Scene" fan
Date:
ca. 1790
Location:
Not on display
Century:
18th Century AD
Media:
Paper, Wood, Ivory, Metal; Etching And Hand Colored With Opaque Watercolor, Carved Sticks And Guards, Rivet
Dimensions:
22.9 cm (9 in.)
Department:
Costume and Textile Arts
Object Type:
Costume Accessory
Country:
France
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
3833
Acquisition Date:
1895-11-20
Credit Line:

California Midwinter International Exposition

Exhibition History:

Fans of the Eighteenth Century, Textiles Education Gallery, de Young Museum, 3/31/18 - 11/2/18

Leaf of paper with etching and hand colored with opaque watercolor, showing river scene with a woman riding a mule, a mule goaded by a man with a stick and pulled by another man at front, two men in a boat, two seated women and two standing men. Plain reverse. Carved wood and ivory sticks and guards. Ivory thumb guard. Metal rivet.

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