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| Keywords: French - Folding Fan and Case - Walters 866 - Closed.jpg Beginning in the late 17th century rigid fans were replaced by folding fans They were usually made of light materials such as paper or parchment mounted on sticks of ivory tortoiseshell or wood Fan painters often depicted historical particularly classical scenes such as this example in which the subject is an audience before a king ca 1760 watercolor and gilding on paper mother-of-pearl velvet case cm 27 2 51 accession number 86 6 5176 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 3D Art of France in the Walters Art Museum French paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Fans of France | ||||
