Accession number
PML 88633.1-2
Published
[France : s.n., ca. 1840]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
A pair of rigid hand-held fire screen fans mounted on wooden handles. The front is a hand-colored lithograph; the back is a green and brown-checkered decorative paper.
Each screen shows five different vignettes depicting people and animals in different situations, such as a blind woman being led by a dog, a woman carrying a tray of eels, a woman dancing with castagnettes, a woman blowing soap bubbles, a stone cutter, a dog walker, and a dog carrying two bird cages. The vignettes on screen [1] are numbered 41-45, the vignettes on screen [2] are not numbered. The titles of the vignettes are written in black ink.
Rigid hand screen fans were generally used indoors beside the fire, or outside as protection from the sun, to preserve ladies' complexions. These types of fans were often produced in pairs for display on the mantelpiece above the fire.
Housed with "Scenic fire screen fan" (PML 88632)
A pair of rigid hand-held fire screen fans mounted on wooden handles. The front is a hand-colored lithograph; the back is a green and brown-checkered decorative paper.
Each screen shows five different vignettes depicting people and animals in different situations, such as a blind woman being led by a dog, a woman carrying a tray of eels, a woman dancing with castagnettes, a woman blowing soap bubbles, a stone cutter, a dog walker, and a dog carrying two bird cages. The vignettes on screen [1] are numbered 41-45, the vignettes on screen [2] are not numbered. The titles of the vignettes are written in black ink.
Rigid hand screen fans were generally used indoors beside the fire, or outside as protection from the sun, to preserve ladies' complexions. These types of fans were often produced in pairs for display on the mantelpiece above the fire.
Housed with "Scenic fire screen fan" (PML 88632)
Description
2 toy fans : hand colored illustrations. (lithographs) ; screen: 18 x 25.5 cm; handle: 26 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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