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Fan

mid-18th century
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueSkin leaf painted in gouache with touches of gilt, carved and gilded faux tortoiseshell sticks, metal, paste
DimensionsGuard: 29 cm (11 7/16 in.); maximum open: 55 cm (21 5/8 in.); arc: 175°
Credit LineGift of Miss Pauline Fenno
Accession number52.1746
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Miss Pauline Fenno to the MFA, 1952.
Fan
1750s
Fan
1730–40
Fan
1780s
Fan
1760s
Fan
1740s
Fan
about 1820
Folding fan
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1765–80
Folding fan
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about 1875
Fan
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about 1732
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Charles Le Brun
1720–40
Fan
1750s