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Folding Fan1850-1870

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Folding fan, fully open, with a painted paper leaf showing gilded figural scenes and lower sticks of pierced mother-of-pearl with scrollwork cutwork
Folding fan with pierced mother-of-pearl sticks featuring scrollwork cutouts, and paper leaf painted with a garden scene of figures in 18th-century dress, flanked by dense gold-printed decorative borders.
Title
Folding Fan
Place Made
France
Date Made
1850-1870
Medium
Paper leaf, mother-of-pearl sticks, gold metallic loop, metallic button
Dimensions
Length (Overall length): 10 5/8 in. (26.99 cm) Length (Length of guard): 10 5/8 in. (26.99 cm) Depth of leaf: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Length (Length of stick at shoulder): 6 7/16 in. (16.35 cm) Spread: 20 1/4 in. (51.44 cm)
Credit Line
Evangeline D. Walker Bequest
Accession Number
M.78.108.15
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles