Keyboard and Drum Iconography: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Fans and Brocades

Provides an examination of examples of the portrayal of keyboard instruments and drums on folding fans and brocades created during the 17th and 18th centuries. Provides an overview of such instrumental iconography and discusses where collections of such fans and brocades can be located. Includes 14...

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Published in:The Galpin Society journal 1999-04, Vol.52 (52), p.52-76
Main Author: de Pascual, Beryl Kenyon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
17th century
18th century
Art museums
Brocade
Drum
Drums
Engraving
Fan painting
Harpsichords
Iconography
Keyboard Instruments
Music
Musical instruments
Trumpets
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Summary:Provides an examination of examples of the portrayal of keyboard instruments and drums on folding fans and brocades created during the 17th and 18th centuries. Provides an overview of such instrumental iconography and discusses where collections of such fans and brocades can be located. Includes 14 illustrations of fans and brocades featuring keyboard instruments or drums noting their origin and where they are currently held.
ISSN:0072-0127
2397-5369
DOI:10.2307/842518