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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 402677, member: 1476"]Those aren't bull fighters. They're characters wearing <i>goyesco </i>costume, which you can read about here. And they're participating in a <i>capea</i> which is informal event in which members of a group interact with small bulls or heifers as a way of amusing themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_goyesco#El_traje_goyesco" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_goyesco#El_traje_goyesco" rel="nofollow">https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_goyesco#El_traje_goyesco</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The other scene is a wedding ceremony. </p><p><br /></p><p>Lovely fan and lovely frame. I would postit -- given mother of pearl decorated with hammock and palm trees -- that the sticks were made in the Philippines which would have been a Spanish possession at the time. </p><p><br /></p><p>As to age, something about the female figures leads me to believe it's not from Goya's period but later in the Isabelina period. (That's roughly equivalent to our Victorian.) I do see writing on a barrel head and there's a open volume on reverse that looks as if it might have some writing. Would you post close-ups please?</p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 402677, member: 1476"]Those aren't bull fighters. They're characters wearing [I]goyesco [/I]costume, which you can read about here. And they're participating in a [I]capea[/I] which is informal event in which members of a group interact with small bulls or heifers as a way of amusing themselves. [URL]https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_goyesco#El_traje_goyesco[/URL] The other scene is a wedding ceremony. Lovely fan and lovely frame. I would postit -- given mother of pearl decorated with hammock and palm trees -- that the sticks were made in the Philippines which would have been a Spanish possession at the time. As to age, something about the female figures leads me to believe it's not from Goya's period but later in the Isabelina period. (That's roughly equivalent to our Victorian.) I do see writing on a barrel head and there's a open volume on reverse that looks as if it might have some writing. Would you post close-ups please? Debora[/QUOTE]
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