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English: Pleated Fan (England), ca. 1730   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Pleated Fan (England), ca. 1730
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English: Pleated fan. Painted paper leaf. Obverse: mythological scene with Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and of the spring, at the center. She is presented with baskets of flowers, watered by a stream of running water personified by the figure at the right. Reverse: an enlarged image of the spring flowers received by Flora. Carved ivory sticks with mother-of-pearl inlays on the guards. Mother-of-pearl thumb guard and washer at the rivet.
Date circa 1730
date QS:P571,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium painted paper leaf, carved ivory sticks with mother-of-pearl inlays on the guards, mother-of-pearl thumb guard and washer at the rivet
Dimensions H x W (open): 28.3 x 48.9 cm (11 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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1970-58-24
Credit line Gift of Mrs. Robertson D. Ward, from the collection of her mother, Mrs. Helen Wright-Clark Dawson
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  • Type: Pleated fan
  • Country: United Kingdom
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