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Fortune-telling fan
Fortune-telling fan

Fortune-telling fan

about 1800
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniquePaper leaf engraved and painted in watercolor; wood sticks; mother-of-pearl
DimensionsGuard: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); maximum open: 45 cm (17 11/16 in.); arc: 145°
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.313
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.
Fan
1792
Fan
Maria Anna Angelica Kauffman
about 1783
Fan
1820s
Fan
1740s
Fan
1780s
Fan
about 1740
Fan
Antoine Watteau
mid-19th century
Fan
1795–1800
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1770
Fan
1890s
Fan
1805–10