Face screen
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Cardboard and wood
Measurements
405 x 195 x 20 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610028.1
Summary
One of a pair of French hand held face screens, consisting of a flat, elongated octagonal board and turned ebonised handle. 3-leaved sprig printed on pink paper, cut out to reveal rotating discs printed with qualities of character. Applied gilt border, stamped with classical motifs. Printed below the central leaf design: 'Ce n'est point assez d'avoir de grandes qualites, il en faut avoir l'economie. La Rochefoucault 159e. Maxime'. Circa 1820.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
ATT/V/59 written in biro on the back of the fan