Fashion — 1749
Fan, commemorative fan
This fan is a souvenir of the official event held in Green Park on 27th April 1749 to commemorate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle which ended the War of the Austrian Succession. The hand-coloured fan shows the huge wooden structure built for the fireworks display. The pavilion was designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni for the display which he organised in collaboration with the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich. The celebrations descended into fiasco however, when the pavilion caught fire and Servandoni drew his sword on one of the organisers. The lasting legacy of the display was George Frideric Handel's 'Music for the Royal Fireworks' which was specially commissioned for the occasion by George II.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 83.239
- Object name:
- fan, commemorative fan
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
- Related people:
- Related events:
War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748, Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748
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- Production date:
- 1749
- Material:
paper, ivory
- Measurements/duration:
- H 280 mm, W 475 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
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