Not currently on display at the V&A

Fan

1700-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Folding fan, the mount of bobbin lace worked "à réseau." The lace has a scrolling pattern of slender leafy stems on a ground of plaited diamond mesh. The guards and sticks are carved and tinted ivory. The guards are carved with a pattern of seated male figures, birds, butterflies, and flowers amid scrollwork. The sticks are plain but of wavy outline.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bobbin lace on carved ivory
Brief description
Folding fan of bobbin lace on ivory; Italian, 1700-1750.
Physical description
Folding fan, the mount of bobbin lace worked "à réseau." The lace has a scrolling pattern of slender leafy stems on a ground of plaited diamond mesh. The guards and sticks are carved and tinted ivory. The guards are carved with a pattern of seated male figures, birds, butterflies, and flowers amid scrollwork. The sticks are plain but of wavy outline.
Dimensions
  • Length: 10.375in
  • Open width: 18.75in
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Kemp-Welch
Object history
Registered File number 1929/6463. Compare guards etc. with those on fans T.164, 167, and 168-1920.Lace described as North Italian, but fan "perhaps of German origin."
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.102-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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