Lot Essay
An uncoloured example with wooden sticks is illustrated C. Kammerl, Der Facher, Munich, 1989 p. 157. It was exhibited at Schloss Bruchsale in 1989-1990.
Details
A printed fan, the leaf a hand-coloured etching with a trompe l'oeil scattered with fans, a corset, musical instruments and other objects and a card inscribed Waderl Fabrike, in de Karntner Strasse bey den wilden Mann No. 96 zure schonen Sultanin sint Waderl von allen Sorten duzendweise zu bekomen die Aechtheit wird sich von selbsten empfelen, the verso with symbols of freemasonery, with bone sticks - 11in., Austrian, circa 1780
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See colour plate
Provenance
Hotel Drouot, 9th April 1925, lot 117
Literature
Journal des Luxus und der Moden, May 1788. Intelligenz-Blatt Nr.5, S.XLIV. Kaut, Hubert: Wiener Wadelmacher. In: Alte und moderne Kunst. Salzburg 1958, S.15-20(Facher mit gleichem Gestell S.16)