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Fan ,'The Sleeping Beauty,' painted with watercolours on silk and with ivory sticks, designed and made by Phoebe Anna Traquair, Edinburgh, 1888. Fan painted with watercolours on silk. It has a plain silk back. The design consists of a child-like sleeping beauty in the centre approached by Cupid, whilst around her young Pans are playing. Their horns and pipes are picked out in gold paint. The sticks and guards are of ivory with silver mounts on the guards. There is a plain metal loop to take a ribbon. 'The Sleeping Beauty' is written beneath the sleeping female. Painted with watercolour on silk, silver-tipped ivory.
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Title: The Sleeping Beauty
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Fan ,'The Sleeping Beauty,' painted with watercolours on silk and with ivory sticks, designed and made by Phoebe Anna Traquair, Edinburgh, 1888.
Fan painted with watercolours on silk.
It has a plain silk back.
The design consists of a child-like sleeping beauty in the centre approached by Cupid, whilst around her young Pans are playing.
Their horns and pipes are picked out in gold paint.
The sticks and guards are of ivory with silver mounts on the guards.
There is a plain metal loop to take a ribbon.
'The Sleeping Beauty' is written beneath the sleeping female.
Painted with watercolour on silk, silver-tipped ivory.
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