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Collections

Woman's Folding Fan1900-1910

Not on view
Fully opened folding fan with black lace leaf decorated with scrolling floral patterns and scattered silver sequins, mounted on mottled amber and brown tortoiseshell-patterned sticks

Unknown, Woman's Folding Fan, 1900-1910 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Harriet Corbus Johnson, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Folding Fan
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
1900-1910
Medium
Silk lace, silk gauze, sequins, and metal; card board box
Dimensions
a) Fan: Length (Length of guard): 7 5/8 in. (19.37 cm); Spread: 14 in. (35.56 cm); Depth of leaf: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm); Length (Length of stick at shoulder): 3 3/8 in. (8.57 cm) b) Box: 1 3/4 × 8 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (4.45 × 20.64 × 3.49 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Harriet Corbus Johnson
Accession Number
M.79.238.1
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.