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After: Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721)
French
mid-19th century
Object Place: France, for Spanish market
Medium/Technique
Paper leaf, lithographed, embossed, gilded and painted with watercolor; mother-of-pearl sticks pierced and incised with gilt; brass
Dimensions
Guard: 28 cm (11 in.); maximum open: 52 cm 20 1/2 in.); arc: 160°
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Mary Lee, in memory of Miss Alice Lee
Accession Number56.131
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDouble paper leaf. Obverse: Design derived from Watteau's "L'Embarquement pour Cythère" (1717). Reverse: oval showing ladies and gentlemen, in 17th century costume, boating on ornamental lake. Twelve heavy sticks mother-of pearl, pierced and incised with cornucopia motifs and ogival arches in applied gilt. Brass button at rivet and ornate ring.
ProvenanceGift of Miss Mary Lee to MFA, February 9, 1956.