Pleated Fan (France), ca. 1760 (CH 18325291)

Pleated fan with painted leaf. The obverse mount shows a pastoral scene with a central group of a woman and a boy with two putti, one holding a torch. To the left is a girl and boy near a tree and on the right, a child plays with a dog. Gilt border with urns and wreaths. The reverse shows a girl seated under a tree and has a pink and blue floral border. Sticks have carved openwork (à jour) with figures of a man, woman, and putti, silvered and gilt. Guards have oval medallions with portraits of a man and woman, each holding a fan in an articulated arm made of painted ivory that moves using a lever to cover and uncover the face.