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Woman's Folding Fan with Boxcirca 1810

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Fully opened folding fan with ivory sticks and a painted paper leaf depicting classical figures in draped costumes, with gold detailing along the ribs and scalloped upper edge
Folding fan, fully opened, with ivory or bone sticks featuring black geometric inlay at the base. Printed paper leaf depicts standing figures in classical-style dress amid architectural drapery in terracotta, green, and gold tones, with a spotted animal at right.
Painted folding fan with gilded sticks, depicting three figures in classical dress against a warm brown background; a central woman in draped robes with gold sequin embellishments reaches toward a man in blue tunic and leopard-skin wrap, with a second woman visible at left.
Title
Woman's Folding Fan with Box
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1810
Medium
Fan: Paper, painted, with sequins and bone; Box: cardboard, paper
Dimensions
a) Fan: Length of guard: 8 3/4 in. (22.22 cm); Spread: 13 7/8 in. (35.24 cm); b) Box: Overall: 8 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/4 in. (20.32 x 3.016 x 4.44 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anita S. Watson
Accession Number
M.83.189.43a-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.