Fan
1783–85
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueSilk leaf, painted, stencilled, decorated with spangles, embroidered, holes cut and filled with net; carved ivory sticks; carved, pierced, and gilded guards; foil; mother-of-pearl
DimensionsGuard: 28 cm (11 in.); maximum open: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.)
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.232
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.
1770s
1795–99
1740s
1750s
1740s
1755–60
1760s
about 1820
about 1760
