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Folding Fan1880s

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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

Unknown, Folding Fan, 1880s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Margaret Elm Bryner, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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

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