19th century
Fan
Painted paper, 58 x 33 cm
The fan was a very popular tool at the time, precisely because of its characteristic of being portable and easy to handle, as well as a real collector's item. It consists of two main parts: the "pavese" (pavilion), consisting of the canvas (painted, printed or not), which may have an embroidery or lace added (especially in European models), or be made of a simple sheet of printed paper, and the rigid and foldable base.
The folding fan was invented by the Japanese between the 7th and 9th centuries, perhaps inspired by the mechanism of the bat's wing. In Europe, it became known from the end of the 15th century after its importation from China, brought by the Portuguese who had opened trade routes to the Far East.
Introduced in France by Catherine De' Medici, it became the favorite object of Elizabeth I of England, quickly becoming an aristocratic as well as an artistic object (the painting of landscapes and domestic and social scenes are a usual subject in the design of the page).
Subsequently, its use extended to all social strata, becoming on the one hand more and more elaborate, intended to be exhibited in large parties or hung on the walls as a decorative object, on the other more standardized, light and resistant for everyday summer use.
It also represented an extraordinary form of communication during the 18th century; girls of nobility were taught to handle their fans in their deportment lessons conducted by their dance masters. In the 19th century, Duvelleroy, the most important fan factory, published a sort of vocabulary of gestures and manners used in the language of the fan. Since 1991, the Fan Museum in Greenwich has been open to the public, which has also set up thematic exhibitions in various locations, such as the Fabulous Fan exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in the spring of 1995.
In the fan in question, the Royal Palace of Caserta seems recognizable, suggesting a manufacturing origin from Campania.
The object is in good condition.
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