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Feather brisé fan

about 1910
Object PlaceEurope
Medium/TechniqueFeathers on gilded wood blades with applied dyed feathers; silk; brass
DimensionsGuard: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.); maximum open: 59 cm (23 1/4 in.)
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.516
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.
Woman's hat
late 18th century
Rigid fan (pien mien) (one of a pair)
second half of the 19th century
Rigid fan (pien mien) (one of a pair)
second half of the 19th century
Panel
Probably A.D. 1000–1476
Muff
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tunic
A.D. 400–800
View: Front
about 1900–10