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 fands or hand screens printed on the same plate, side-by-side. The fans or screes are slightly pear-shaped and feature rococo and chinoiserie motifs along the edges with faintly outlined figures in the center alongside architectural supports, plinths with vases. The ornament includes rosettes, leaves, water, acanthus leaves, bells, vases, birds, and flowers.
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: 1921-6-490-6
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: 24.3 × 30.8 cm (9 9/16 × 12 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 14.1 × 23.8 cm (5 9/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 13.7 × 23.5 cm (5 3/8 × 9 1/4 in.)