Fan
1750s
Object PlaceEngland or Netherlands
Medium/TechniqueSkin leaf painted in gouache with touches of gilt; pierced, painted and gilded ivory sticks; pierced, carved and painted guard; mother-of-pearl
DimensionsGuard: 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.); maximum open: 51 cm (20 1/16 in.); arc: 165°
Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession number43.2081
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ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, November 10, 1943.
1740s
1760s
1740s
1783–85
1755–60
1780s
1780s
1780s
about 1820
