Two Designs for Hand Fans
date: label: Date
content: ca.1734–37
name: label: Designer
content: Bellay, French, active from 1734
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two designs for hand fans or hand screens printed on the same plate, side-by-side. The fans or screens are pear-shaped and feature rococo and chinoiserie (in the Chinese style) motifs along the edges with the center left blank. The design on the left includes a woman seated below a canopy with trees, fruit, c-scrolls, shells, leaves, s-scrolls, acanthus leaves, and flowers. The design on the right includes a standing man, steps, a vase and urn on plinths, sprigs, scrolling leaves, and canopies. The plate is lettered, numbered, and signed.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-490-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 24.2 × 30.8 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 15.4 × 25.4 cm (6 1/16 in. × 10 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 13.6 × 23.6 cm (5 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)