Folding range with double sheet of paper on which a question and answer game printed at the front with red ink, on a frame of paduk and ebony, anonymous, c. 1790 - c. 1800 These etched fan sheets were printed in a large edition and mounted on simple wooden frames. Some variation was obtained by applying other dotted engravings or by using a different color of printing ink. For example, the collection of Felix Tal in Museum Beeckestijn is the same copy, which only differs in the color (blue) and in the performance in the middle. They were cheap fans that were not always mounted accurately, as i

Folding range with double sheet of paper on which a question and answer game printed at the front with red ink, on a frame of paduk and ebony, anonymous, c. 1790 - c. 1800 These etched fan sheets were printed in a large edition and mounted on simple wooden frames. Some variation was obtained by applying other dotted engravings or by using a different color of printing ink. For example, the collection of Felix Tal in Museum Beeckestijn is the same copy, which only differs in the color (blue) and in the performance in the middle. They were cheap fans that were not always mounted accurately, as is also the case with this example. The fact that the question and answer game on the front is about love is especially evident from the text under the glued stipple engraving. This ends with the sentence 'Livronts Nous Aux Tendres Delires' or we let ourselves be surrendered to the sweet madness'. The game was played because the lover chose a random question on the left half of the magazine and his beloved answered him with a randomly chosen answer from the right side. Furthermore, one could also solve a rebus on each of the outdoor legs: left 'Sa Beauté M'étonne' and on the right 'Elle Est Sans Défauts'. Between the cartouches and medallions with the questions and answers, the well -known pastoral and love symbols are applied. The classicist element is emphasized by the vases, arabesks and the show on the Stippelgravure. The leaf is unadorned at the back. France leaf: Paper. leaf: Ink. frame: Ebony (Wood). frame: Padouk (Wood). frame: Bone (Material) printing / cutting / cutting These etched fan sheets were printed in a large edition and mounted on simple wooden frames. Some variation was obtained by applying other dotted engravings or by using a different color of printing ink. For example, the collection of Felix Tal in Museum Beeckestijn is the same copy, which only differs in the color (blue) and in the performance in the middle. They were cheap fans that were not always

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