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Folding fan depicting scenes from the history of ballooning
Folding fan depicting scenes from the history of ballooning

Folding fan depicting scenes from the history of ballooning

about 1785
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueReformed protein [molded horn] sticks and skin leaf painted with gouache
DimensionsGuard: 26.6 cm (10 1/2 in.); maximum open: 50.5 cm (19 7/8); arc: 180°
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number43.2078
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceElizabeth Day McCormick (b. 1873 - d. 1957), Chicago; 1943, gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1943)
Fan
Ernest Kees
about 1890
Fan
1775–80
Fan
1830s
Fan
1750s
Fan
1730–50
Fan
1760s
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1700–25
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1720s
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A. Deluc
1883–85
Fan
about 1740
Fan
1740s