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Collections

Folding Fan1880s

Not on view
Folding fan fully open, with ivory or bone sticks, a sheer painted silk leaf decorated with flowering branches in pink and gold, and a border of fluffy white feathers along the upper edge
Title
Folding Fan
Place Made
France or Austria
Date Made
1880s
Medium
Silk leaf with ostrich feather tips, bone sticks and guards, brass loop and rivet, mother-of-pearl button
Dimensions
Length (Overall length): 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Length (Length of guard): 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm) Length (Length of stick at shoulder): 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Depth of leaf: 8 1/2 in. (21.59 cm) Length (Spread): 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Elm Bryner
Accession Number
40.19.1
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles