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Collections

Folding Fan with Boxcirca 1880

Not on view
Fully opened folding fan with cream lace leaf decorated in floral and vine motifs, mounted on iridescent pale sticks with pierced geometric openings
Title
Folding Fan with Box
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1880
Medium
Cotton lace, bone, mother-of-pearl, and metal
Dimensions
Length (Box): 13 in. (33.02 cm) Depth of leaf: 6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm) Length (Overall length/length of guard): 11 3/4 in. (29.85 cm) Length (Length of stick at shoulder): 5 3/8 in. (13.65 cm) Length (Spread): 22 3/4 in. (57.79 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anita S. Watson
Accession Number
M.83.189.31a-b
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.