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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.
Group shot: 55.366a, 43.1660, 49.916, 46.73, 43.2549a-b, 44.536a-b
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
Brisé fan
1830–35
Muff
Late 18th–early 19th century
About 1900
View: Front
about 1900–10