Accession Nr.: 58.851.1
Date of production:
late 19th century
Place of production: France
Materials: metal; mother- of-pearl; paper; wooden sticks
Techniques: incised; lacquered; painted
Dimensions:
height: 24,3 cm
width: 46,3 cm
The sombre-coloured—for the most part black, grey and brown—leaf is framed by a series of Rococo flowers, which expand into rich ornamentation on the two sides. In the middle is a company wearing clothes fashionable in the second half of the 17th century, along with black masks: two couples, a lady and a child with a dog can be seen in a landscape setting. The attire of the protagonists is enlivened by purple and very faint yellow. In the middle of the black verso is a bouquet made from light-coloured flowers with blue leaves along the edges there is a row of leaves. The black serpentine sticks are unembellished.

Literature

  • Maros Donka Szilvia: Bájos semmiségek. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum legyezőgyűjteménye (1700-1920). Balassi Kiadó - Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2002. - Nr. 168.