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
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Collections
ProvenanceGift of Miss Pauline Fenno to the MFA, 1952.
1750s
1730–40
1780s
1740s
1760s
about 1820
1750s
