Fan
Category
Costume
Date
1701 - 1800
Materials
Parchment
Measurements
33 mm (Width); 255 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852846
Summary
Fan. Leaf of parchment painted with a pastoral scene. Mother-of-pearl sticks, decorated with silver and sequins, in figures and garlands. Reverse with pastoral scene. French, C18. Said to be a present from Louis XV to daughter-in-law Marie Antoinette. Bought at Christies 1900.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund.