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Fan

1795–1800
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniquePaper leaf painted and decorated with mica or mother-of-pearl; carved and pierced ivory sticks; tortoiseshell; mother-of-pearl
DimensionsGuard: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.); maximum open: 48 cm (18 7/8 in.)
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number43.2080
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, November 10, 1943.
Fan
1783–85
Fan
1740s
Fan
1750s
1780s
Fan
1720s
Fan
1780s
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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
about 1750
Fan
about 1740