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Folding Fancirca 1905

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Fully opened folding fan with sheer black mesh leaf embroidered with blue sequined swallows in flight, tortoiseshell ribs, and scalloped sequin border

Unknown, Folding Fan, circa 1905, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Pasadena Art Museum, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Folding Fan
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1905
Medium
Fan: silk net, sequins, tortoise shell, metallic discs; Box: embossed leather
Dimensions
Length (Overall length): 9 1/8 in. (23.18 cm) Length (Length of guard): 9 1/8 in. (23.18 cm) Depth of leaf: 6 in. (15.24 cm) Length (Length of stick at shoulder): 3 1/8 in. (7.94 cm) Spread: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm) Box: 1 7/8 × 1 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (4.76 × 3.49 × 26.04 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Pasadena Art Museum
Accession Number
CR.265.63-136a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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