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French
1750s
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Skin/paper leaf painted in gouache and gilded; pierced, carved and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks (one replaced)
Dimensions
Guard: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.); maximum open: 52 cm (20 1/2 in.); arc: 160°
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer
Accession Number06.2442
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
DescriptionLeaf: skin recto, paper verso. Design: "Twelve Episodes." Twelve storytelling scenes in two registers separated by lines of flowers. The story is not clear; it has something to do with a country girl who is the target of Cupid's arrows and who spends some time in the city and is subjected to temptations there.
ProvenanceBequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer to MFA, November 8, 1906.