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Folding Fancirca 1860

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Fully open folding fan with pierced mother-of-pearl sticks carved in scrolling openwork and a painted leaf decorated with gold foliage and a central figural scene in costume
Folding fan with pierced and gilt mother-of-pearl sticks; paper leaf painted with a neoclassical interior scene depicting robed figures, framed by gold floral decoration on both sides.

Unknown, Folding Fan, circa 1860, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Lillian Burkhardt Goldsmith

Title
Folding Fan
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1860
Medium
Paper leaf, mother-of-pearl sticks, diamond paste and silver metallic rivet
Dimensions
Length (Overall length): 9 1/2 in. (24.13 cm) Length (Length of guard): 9 1/2 in. (24.13 cm) Depth of leaf: 3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm) Length (Length of stick at shoulder): 6 1/4 in. (15.88 cm) Spread: 18 1/4 in. (46.36 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lillian Burkhardt Goldsmith
Accession Number
29.32.2
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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