Folding fan with a pastoral scene

DATE:: 1760–1780
MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE:: Gouache on double leather and paper leaf, ivory, gilding, and paste gem
CLASSIFICATION:: Costume
DIMENSIONS:: H 10-1/2" x W 18-3/4"
DEPARTMENT:: Decorative Arts and Design
LOCATION:: Not On View
CREDIT LINE:: Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection
OBJECT NUMBER:: 1985.R.511

General Description

Wendy and Emery Reves's fan collection was one of their most distinguished areas of collecting and was of particular interest to Wendy Reves. She collected nearly 110 examples dating from the early 18th to the early 20th century. The more than thirty fans now in the Dallas Museum of Art's collection represent the core of her 18th-century holdings. Throughout the 18th century, scenes of daily life were extremely popular as fan motifs. The Reves Collection contains several fine examples of this genre, including this fan.

Adapted from

Dallas Museum of Art, Decorative Arts Highlights from the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1995), 25.