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Folding Fan1770

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Fully opened folding fan with a painted silk or vellum leaf decorated with oval figural vignettes, floral clusters, and dotted garland borders, supported by dark lacquered sticks with gilt scrollwork and pale bone guards

Unknown, Folding Fan, 1770, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Anita S. Watson, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Folding Fan
Place Made
France
Date Made
1770
Medium
Silk leaf, ivory sticks, diamond paste and silver metallic rivet
Dimensions
Fan: Overall length: 10 7/8 in. (27.62 cm); Length of guard: 10 7/8 in. (27.62 cm); Depth of leaf: 5 1/8 in. (13.02 cm); Length of stick at shoulder: 5 3/4 in. (14.61 cm); Spread): 20 in. (50.8 cm) Box: 11 1/2 × 2 × 1 1/2 in. (29.21 × 5.08 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anita S. Watson
Accession Number
M.83.189.40
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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