Fan
1890-1900 (made)
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The leaf of this fan carries the signature of Ronot-Tutin. He was a French fan painter who specialised in floral fan leaves. The top part of leaf is painted silk gauze, with a panel of bobbin lace below. Although Ronot-Tutin has painted the pansies very realistically, their bright colour and size were not in keeping with French tastes at the time. He may have made this fan for an English customer, or for someone who wanted a fan to match a very particular dress.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Painted silk gauze and bobbin lace leaf, with mother-of-pearl sticks and guards |
| Brief description | Fan of silk painted with pansies and carved mother-of-pearl sticks, painted by Ronot-Tutin, French, 1880-1900; and cardboard fan box |
| Physical description | Silk fan painted in a design of yellow pansies. Carved mother-of-pearl sticks from the trochus shell of the trochidae family. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Lady Cory |
| Summary | The leaf of this fan carries the signature of Ronot-Tutin. He was a French fan painter who specialised in floral fan leaves. The top part of leaf is painted silk gauze, with a panel of bobbin lace below. Although Ronot-Tutin has painted the pansies very realistically, their bright colour and size were not in keeping with French tastes at the time. He may have made this fan for an English customer, or for someone who wanted a fan to match a very particular dress. |
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| Accession number | T.27J/1,2-1952 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2003 |
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