Mask fan
1740s
Object PlaceEngland, made for the Spanish market
Medium/TechniquePaper leaf patched with skin, etched, engraved, and painted in watercolor; pierced, partially painted, varnished and gilded ivory sticks; mother-of-pearl; brass
DimensionsGuard: 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.); Maximum open: 48.5 cm (19 1/8 in.); Arc: 155°
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.179
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1976: Collection DeWitt Clinton Cohen; by 1976: Collection Esther Oldham; gift of Esther Oldham to the MFA, June 9, 1976.
