Pleated fan, Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater, 1695 - 1736, Painted parchment leaf backed with painted paper, incised and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks with applied metallic foil, glass stone at the rivet, Pleated fan. Leaf of painted parchment backed with painted paper; sticks of incised and pierced mother-of-pearl with applied metallic foil; glass stone at the rivet. The figures in the central frame are after a painting by Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater (1695-1736) entitled, 'Conversation Galante dans un Parc.' The partially visible pen and ink drawing on the left is signed Perelle and is probably a copy of a countryside view by the painter and engraver, Gabriel Perelle (1603-77). Scattered framed pictures and the twisting ribbon motif create a trompe l'oeil effect., France, Denmark, Netherlands, 1760-80, costume & accessories, Pleated fan