Accession Nr.: 69.1437.1
Place of production: Paris (presumably)
Materials: brass; celluloid; silk leaf; spangle
Techniques: embroidered
Dimensions:
height: 21 cm
width: 40 cm
The distinctive festoon pattern on the leaf, which is made of a combination of uncoloured silk and gold net, consist of spangles of various shapes: disks, stars, flowers, almonds, threads, and so on, silvered or gilded. The yellow sticks are embellished with pressed stylized ornamentation and steel rivet inlay. On the left guard- stick there is a small, silver escutcheon: in the field of a disc-shaped shield tapering to a point at the bottom, a right arm with its elbow on a crown holds a sword underneath the sword is a star. On an opened helmet facing right is a bird also facing right, its throat pierced by an arrow.

Literature

  • Maros Donka Szilvia: Bájos semmiségek. Az Iparművészeti Múzeum legyezőgyűjteménye (1700-1920). Balassi Kiadó - Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2002. - Nr. 204