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Folding Fancirca 1840

Not on view
Fully opened folding fan with dark wooden sticks and a cream paper leaf printed in cobalt blue, featuring a sequential alphabet along the upper arc and figures amid stylized trees below.

Unknown, Folding Fan, circa 1840, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mrs. Alice F. Schott Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Folding Fan
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1840
Medium
Printed paper leaf, wood sticks, metal button
Dimensions
Length (Length of guard): 6 1/4 in. (15.88 cm) Spread: 11 1/4 in. (28.58 cm) Length (Length of stick at shoulder): 2 3/16 in. (5.56 cm) Depth of leaf: 4 in. (10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Mrs. Alice F. Schott Bequest
Accession Number
M.67.8.117
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Blanco F., José and Patricia Hunt-Hurst, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 2, The Federal Era Through the 19th Century. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.

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