Accession number
PML 88632
Published
[France : s.n., ca. 1840]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Title from spine of box.
A hand-colored lithograph rigid hand-held fire screen fan with built-in theatre. It comprises a paper screen (proscenium) mounted on a wooden handle. A cut-out window in the center of the screen reveals a long panoramic paper scroll fixed on two rollers, which are attached on each side of the back of the screen. Two ivory screws turn the rollers, propelling the panoramic scroll across the screen. Decorative pink and green paper strips frame a piece of gauze that covers the back of the window, illuminating the panoramic scene from behind.
The proscenium shows people of different trades depicted on a Parisian cobblestone street. The panoramic scroll displays a market scene where people are buying and selling hats and other garments, pottery, and food. Selected sites are numbered 1-8, such as two triumphal arches: Porte Saint-Denis (no. 6) and Porte Saint-Martin (no. 5), the Opera Comique (Salle Favart) (no. 7), and a fountain (no. 1)
Rigid hand screen fans were generally used indoors beside the fire, or outside as protection from the sun, to preserve ladies' complexions.
Housed with a pair of fire screen fans (PML 88633.1-2)
"Muller Papetier du Roi, Rue de l'Orangerie à Versailles"--label on back of toy
"Gimnase dramatique"--name on building no. 7 on the panoramic scroll.
A hand-colored lithograph rigid hand-held fire screen fan with built-in theatre. It comprises a paper screen (proscenium) mounted on a wooden handle. A cut-out window in the center of the screen reveals a long panoramic paper scroll fixed on two rollers, which are attached on each side of the back of the screen. Two ivory screws turn the rollers, propelling the panoramic scroll across the screen. Decorative pink and green paper strips frame a piece of gauze that covers the back of the window, illuminating the panoramic scene from behind.
The proscenium shows people of different trades depicted on a Parisian cobblestone street. The panoramic scroll displays a market scene where people are buying and selling hats and other garments, pottery, and food. Selected sites are numbered 1-8, such as two triumphal arches: Porte Saint-Denis (no. 6) and Porte Saint-Martin (no. 5), the Opera Comique (Salle Favart) (no. 7), and a fountain (no. 1)
Rigid hand screen fans were generally used indoors beside the fire, or outside as protection from the sun, to preserve ladies' complexions.
Housed with a pair of fire screen fans (PML 88633.1-2)
"Muller Papetier du Roi, Rue de l'Orangerie à Versailles"--label on back of toy
"Gimnase dramatique"--name on building no. 7 on the panoramic scroll.
Description
1 toy : handcol. ill. (lithographs) ; screen: 20 x 22 cm; handle: 21 cm; total height: 38 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
In modern 1/4 brown leather case, marbled boards, and with spine title: "Scenic fire screen fan" stamped in gold. By Julia P. Wightman (stamped 19JPW48). 24 x 40 cm.
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