Face screen
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Cardboard, paint and giltwood
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610032
Summary
A pair of hand held face screens, each consisting of a rococo shaped board and turned giltwood handle. Applied embossed gilt scroll borders to central cartouche containing hand painted Japanese female seated before a blue porcelain vase on a table and holding closed umbrella. Possibly made in France, 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.