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| Fan of Painted Kid Leather C. 1760 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
The image of a lady and an African servant was quite fashionable in the Eighteenth Century. Such images graced everything from paintings to snuffboxes, but this one is unusual since it’s the only one thus far found on a fan.
This
image is called “The Tea Party,” which is rather queer since she’s not drinking
tea. The fan is made of kid leather. Painted on one side is a trompe l'oeil
pattern of white lace, blue fabric and pink striped ribbons. The piece was made around 1760 in Britain.
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