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Spanish
1850s
Object Place: Spain
Medium/Technique
Paper leaf lithographed, painted, and gilded; carved and gilded wood sticks; foil; brass
Dimensions
Guard: 29 cm (11 7/16 in.); maximum open: 54 cm (21 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.1293
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNarrow paper leaf. Obverse; center vignette of five couples, four children, dog seated in pastoral setting with lateral sections of blue-violet shiny paper, embossed and gilded. Reverse: three vignettes, man helping woman into small boat with rower left, six peasants at shrine center, three men and woman right; black outlined gilt fountains between and to sides, decorative borders on white background. Gilt paper binding. Twelve carved and gilded wood sticks in floral motif, gilt foil backing on guards, brass rosette buttons on rivet.
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, October 14, 1943.