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Folding Fancirca 1900

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Fully opened folding fan with black mesh leaf covered in silver sequins, metallic crescent shapes, and green beaded motifs, with a tortoiseshell-patterned base

Unknown, Folding Fan, circa 1900, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Lillian Burkhardt Goldsmith

Title
Folding Fan
Place Made
France or England
Date Made
circa 1900
Medium
Silk organdy leaf, tortoise shell sticks, silver metallic over brass loop, brass metallic rivet
Dimensions
Length (Overall length): 9 5/8 in. (24.45 cm) Length (Length of guard): 9 5/8 in. (24.45 cm) Depth of leaf: 6 3/8 in. (16.19 cm) Length (Length of stick at shoulder): 3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm) Spread: 18 1/4 in. (46.36 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lillian Burkhardt Goldsmith
Accession Number
29.32.13
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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