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"Fanology or the Ladies Conversation Fan"
"Fanology or the Ladies Conversation Fan"

"Fanology or the Ladies Conversation Fan"

1797
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniquePaper leaf, stipple engraved; wood sticks; polished wood guards; bronze; ivory
DimensionsGuard: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.); maximum open: 46.5 cm (18 5/16 in.)
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.311
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.
Fan
Sir Robert Strange
1745
Fan
1740s
Fan
about 1795
Fan
1760s
Fan
1779
Fan
1870–75
Fan
1720s
Fan
1781
Fan
1850–1900
Fan
1740s
Fan
Charles Le Brun
1720–40
Fan
1783–85