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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 402965, member: 2844"]Yes, fan leaf paintings were often (near) copies of existing paintings, etchings and sculptures.</p><p>Wonderful that you found the shop as well. I looked on google earth to see if it was still there (and hoping I may have bought a fan there on my travels through Madrid), but the building is now boarded up, grafitti on the boards, and covered with netting.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> So sad, I hope it will be restored.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the fan was likely assembled in Madrid.</p><p>Although the Spanish imported beautifully carved fan frames (sticks and guards) from the Philippines, the decoration style and technique doesn't strike me as Filippino. Their fan frames are characterised by grouped geometric fretting, like this one with little groups of four holes:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]140338[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This modern one copies the very classic Filippino fretwork panels:</p><p><img src="http://date2loveafilipina.com/Romalyn/Shop/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Pretty-Folding-Manual-Fan-Filipino-Style-with-Design-Purple-41.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Given the different style of carving, which is seen a lot in Europe, I think the fan frame could have been carved and decorated in France, maybe commissioned for a special Latin American customer of the Leyes shop.</p><p><br /></p><p>There could have been a Mexican connection, the mother of pearl is so colourful it reminds me of white abalone, which is found off the Mexican Pacific coast, California as well. White abalone was exported to Europe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 402965, member: 2844"]Yes, fan leaf paintings were often (near) copies of existing paintings, etchings and sculptures. Wonderful that you found the shop as well. I looked on google earth to see if it was still there (and hoping I may have bought a fan there on my travels through Madrid), but the building is now boarded up, grafitti on the boards, and covered with netting.:( So sad, I hope it will be restored. Anyway, the fan was likely assembled in Madrid. Although the Spanish imported beautifully carved fan frames (sticks and guards) from the Philippines, the decoration style and technique doesn't strike me as Filippino. Their fan frames are characterised by grouped geometric fretting, like this one with little groups of four holes: [ATTACH=full]140338[/ATTACH] This modern one copies the very classic Filippino fretwork panels: [IMG]http://date2loveafilipina.com/Romalyn/Shop/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Pretty-Folding-Manual-Fan-Filipino-Style-with-Design-Purple-41.jpg[/IMG] Given the different style of carving, which is seen a lot in Europe, I think the fan frame could have been carved and decorated in France, maybe commissioned for a special Latin American customer of the Leyes shop. There could have been a Mexican connection, the mother of pearl is so colourful it reminds me of white abalone, which is found off the Mexican Pacific coast, California as well. White abalone was exported to Europe.[/QUOTE]
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