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Folding Fancirca 1860

Not on view
Fully opened folding fan of ivory or bone with scalloped stick tips decorated in slate blue floral motifs, and a painted polychrome landscape scene of figures in period dress along the upper arc
Ivory or bone brisé fan, fully spread, with pierced and engraved floral and scrollwork decoration on each stick, and painted paper leaf depicting a riverside landscape with a house amid trees in pale blue and green tones at center.

Unknown, Folding Fan, circa 1860, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Evangeline D. Walker Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Folding Fan
Place Made
France or Spain
Date Made
circa 1860
Medium
Paper leaf, bone sticks, metal button and rivet
Dimensions
Length (Overall length): 10 3/4 in. (27.31 cm) Length (Length of guard): 10 5/8 in. (26.99 cm) Depth of leaf: 2 in. (5.08 cm) Length (Length of stick at shoulder ): 6 3/8 in. (16.19 cm); 2 3/8 in. (6.03 cm) above leaf Spread: 20 1/4 in. (51.44 cm)
Credit Line
Evangeline D. Walker Bequest
Accession Number
M.78.108.17
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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