Handscreen (France), ca. 1770 (CH 18227419)

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Handscreen (France), ca. 1770 (CH 18227419)

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Summary

Handscreen with engraved and hand-colored design. Obverse: an oval medallion with two couples talking in front of a garden gate with a fountain behind, surrounded by hand-painted motifs of flowers, musical instruments, etc. Reverse: short dialogues from the play "Julia," numbered sequentially.

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Date

1600 - 1800
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Source

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
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Copyright info

public domain

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