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Folding fan, leaf of vellum painted in watercolours with carved mother-of-pearl sticks, leaf design after Jean-Baptiste Pillement, France, 1760-70. Fan leaf of vellum painted in watercolours. Three vignettes make up the design, showing Chinese fishermen,
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Folding fan, leaf of vellum painted in watercolours with carved mother-of-pearl sticks, leaf design after Jean-Baptiste Pillement, France, 1760-70. Fan leaf of vellum painted in watercolours. Three vignettes make up the design, showing Chinese fishermen, Chinese children playing on a see-saw, and Chinese children making music. Each scene is set in a landscape framed by delicate rococo scrolls. The reverse is painted with a spray of pink flowers outlined with gilt. The sticks are of carved and pierced mother-of-pearl showing Chinoiserie scenes, inlaid with gilt and silver foil. The sticks that support the leaf are made from wood laminated on to the mother-of-pearl sticks. Pin of white paste. Painted in watercolour on vellum, with carved mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, decorated with gilt and silver foil.
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Title: Folding fan, leaf of vellum painted in watercolours with carved mother-of-pearl sticks, leaf design after Jean-Baptiste Pillement, France, 1760-70. Fan leaf of vellum painted in watercolours. Three vignettes make up the design, showing Chinese fishermen,
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Folding fan, leaf of vellum painted in watercolours with carved mother-of-pearl sticks, leaf design after Jean-Baptiste Pillement, France, 1760-70.
Fan leaf of vellum painted in watercolours.
Three vignettes make up the design, showing Chinese fishermen, Chinese children playing on a see-saw, and Chinese children making music.
Each scene is set in a landscape framed by delicate rococo scrolls.
The reverse is painted with a spray of pink flowers outlined with gilt.
The sticks are of carved and pierced mother-of-pearl showing Chinoiserie scenes, inlaid with gilt and silver foil.
The sticks that support the leaf are made from wood laminated on to the mother-of-pearl sticks.
Pin of white paste.
Painted in watercolour on vellum, with carved mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, decorated with gilt and silver foil.
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