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
- COPYRIGHT:
- Image courtesy Dallas Museum of Art
- 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.
Web Resources
Dallas Museum of Art
Read more about the 2007 DMA exhibition A Painting in the Palm of Your Hand.
Fan Association of North America
Watch a demonstration of the language of fans at the 30th Assemblage of the Fan Association of North America.