Fan

Description

Fan of chicken skin leaf hand-painted with Alexander and Diogenes, the reverse hand-painted with villas and a landscape, with carved mother-of pearl sticks and guards, with hand-painted details, part of the Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection: Italian, Rome, by F.P. Valori, 1740

Museum reference

A.1996.357 A

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Fan

Production information

F.P. Valori, Painter
Rome, Lazio, Italy, Southern Europe

Date

1740

Materials

Chicken skin, Vellum, Mother of pearl, Metal

Physical description

Chicken skin

Associations

Richmond Inglis Cochrane Collection
Depicted: Alexander
Depicted: Diogenes

Exhibitions

• Fashion and Style (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
art, design and fashion, fashion and style

Credit

Given from the collection of the late M. Richmond Inglis Cochrane, the gift of his younger son through the Art Fund