1717 N Harwood St
Dallas, Texas 75201

'A Painting in the Palm of Your Hand: 18th-Century Painted Fans from the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection,' features a selection of twenty-five fans from the 18th century. They are the fragile relics of the social life of the 1700s and represent, in microcosm, the artistic variety that characterized the period. The exhibition explains the materials and techniques used to make fans and features fans made of a variety of materials: silk, paper, vellum, and ivory. While most of the fans tend toward bucolic rural imagery, some fans depict the familiar urban landscapes of Paris and Rome.

Added by Upcoming Robot on April 30, 2008