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Folding fan
After: Noël-Nicholas Coypel (French, 1690–1734)
French
1765–80
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Skin/paper leaf painted in gouache; pierced, carved, and silver-gilt encrusted ivory sticks and guards; foil, paste
Dimensions
Guard: 28 cm (11 in.); maximum open: 48 cm (18 7/8 in.); arc: 150°
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Frank T. Dwinell
Accession Number16.307
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
DescriptionLeaf: skin recto, paper verso. Twelve elaborately carved, silvered and gilded sticks with figures playing musical instruments. Paper leaf painted showing a banquet scene ("Alliance Between Bacchus and Venus"), with nymphs, cherubs, etc. On reverse, landscape with woman holding vase. Guard backed with gold foil, diamond paste at rivet.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Frank T. Dwinell to the MFA, September 14, 1916