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"Shepherd and Shepherdess" fan
"Shepherd and Shepherdess" fan
Date:
1730–1740 (leaf), ca. 1765 (sticks)
Location:
Not on display
Century:
18th Century AD
Media:
Paper, Ivory, Mother-of-pearl, Metal And Jewel; Opaque Watercolor And Gilded, Carved, Incised, Gilded, And Applied Sticks And Guards, Rivet
Dimensions:
26 cm (10 1/4 in.) length; 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.) width (open)
Department:
Costume and Textile Arts
Object Type:
Costume Accessory
Country:
Italy
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1964.89
Acquisition Date:
1964-10-03
Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Beatrice Greenough

Exhibition History:

Fans of the Eighteenth Century, Textiles Education Gallery, de Young Museum, 3/31/18 - 11/2/18
Gallery 9A, Legion of Honor, 10/02 - 3/03
Fans in Fashion, Legion of Honor, 5/23/81 - 8/30/81

Leaf of paper with opaque watercolor and gilding with scene of shepherd and shepherdesses on an island along with a woman washing clothing in a stream and another fishing. At either edge of the scene a musical trophy on a gold ground is bordered by peacock feathers. The leaf has been shortened and remounted on sticks on a later date (ca. 1765). On the reverse shows a single woman fishing on an island. Sticks and guards of carved, incised, and gilded ivory with applied mother-of-pearl. Glass jewel and copper alloy rivet.

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