ANTIQUE GRAND TOUR FAN-ANTICO VENTAGLIO-EVENTAIL ANCIEN

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SuperbItalian Grand tour fan dating around 1780. Double Chickenskin leaf, hand painted, featuring the Coliseum in Rome and other Roman ruins in the side cartouches, see the temple of Vesta in Tivoli on the left, within neoclassical scrolls. Mop sticks, pierced and carved. Rhinestone studs at rivet. It is cm.28 long, when closed (about 11 inches). Good overall conditions, though two sticks have been replaced (first and fourth on the right) with original sticks of the same age. The leaf, complete, has an old professional repair to reinforce it on the right. Rare collector’s piece! Ventaglio italiano Grand Tour di Roma, del 18esimo secolo,circa 1780. La pagina, ben conservata, è in pelle, con il Colosseo al centro e panorami romani nei medaglioni laterali, tra cui il tempietto di Vesta di Tivoli a sinistra, tra decori neoclassici, il tutto dipinto a mano a tempera. Le stecche sono in madreperla , incise e traforate e con i due cuori sull’altare di Imene, simbolo del fidanzamento, nella parte centrale. In condizioni buone, la montatura ha due stecche sostituite con stecche originali della stessa epoca e materiale e la pagina, completa, ha un restauro professionale di consolidamento a destra. Rivetto con brillantini. Misura cm.28, chiuso. E' un raro pezzo da collezione.

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