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| Fan (France) The Finding of Moses ca. 1700-1725 watercolor on ivory (brisé-style) Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
Brisé fans consisted of sticks only, with no fabric or paper or skin to contribute a surface for decoration. Above, an ambitious landscape was created in watercolor solely on the uneven surface of spread ivory sticks. The fan-format below was the more common one, with a curved leaf of paper to receive the pigments of the main design, which would only later be attached to the frame and pleated.
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| Fan (France) Venus interceding with Jupiter ca. 1730-69 gouache on paper, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (England) Bacchus and Ariadne ca. 1730-69 gouache on vellum, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (Netherlands) The Marriage Banquet ca. 1740-50 gouache on vellum, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (France) Pastoral scene, with cabriolet pattern ca. 1755-60 gouache on paper, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (England) Garden Scene ca. 1760-70 gouache on vellum, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (France) Pastoral scene, after Boucher ca. 1770-80 gouache on vellum, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (France) Pastoral scene, after Boucher (detail of ornament) ca. 1770-80 gouache on vellum, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (Italy) Tourist souvenir, with Mt Vesuvius ca. 1779-90 gouache on paper, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (Italy) Venus and Cupid, from the Villa Farnesina, after Raphael ca. 1790-1800 gouache on vellum, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (England) Gold-embroidered silk, with Spangles ca. 1820-30 ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (France) Ivory carved as imitation lace ca. 1820-40 ivory sticks (brisé-style) Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (France) Fantasy-scene with Orientalized setting ca. 1829-40 watercolor on ivory (brisé-style) Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Fan (France) Rococo-revival Pastoral scene ca. 1840-60 gouache on paper, with ivory sticks Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
I am grateful to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for the excellent reproductions.