Baraja fan

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Baraja fan. Village: 16 rods + 1 Save (thicker), bone, trimmed (with silk taffeta in its color painted to the Aguada), draft and engraving. United by a silk taffeta tape in its color with two blue lines. They end in the form of seven-pointed stars, with great round in the center, with netail inlays of "Piqué" (Many) at the tips. Clavillo: Riveted on Asta Virola. Face: Each rod has a vertical vertical carving as a window with silk in its color painted to the Aguada in an alternate manner: Roleos and flowers in yellow tones, Malves, Greens, etc.; Surrounded by engraved circles, some with metallic inlays in "Piqué" work (many are missing).

Baraja fan. with Rods: 16 rods + 1 guard (thicker), bone, trimmed (with gouache-painted silk taffeta), cutwork and engraving. Joined by a silk taffeta ribbon in color with two blue lines. They end in the form of seven-pointed stars, with a large round in the center, with net inlays made of "piqué" work (many are missing) at the points.

Clavillo: riveted on horn ferrule.

Face: each rod has a vertical lobed gusset like a window with silk in its color painted in wash alternately: scrolls and flowers in yellow, mauve, green, etc .; surrounded by engraved circles, some with metal inlays in "piqué" work (many are missing).

Reason for Classification: According to Maryse Volet this is Filipino.
Comparative bibliography:
-EZQUERRA DEL BAYO, Joaquín: Exhibition of The fan in Spain. Illustrated General Catalog, 1920, Spanish Society of Friends of Art; nº 421
-GOSTELOW, Mary .: The fan. Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1976, p.88, fig 70.

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