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Fan

1795–99
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueSilk leaf painted in gouache with applied sequins and spangles (brass, silver, copper); pierced bone sticks; bone guards with applied steel decorations; mother-of-pearl
DimensionsGuard: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); maximum open: 45 cm (17 11/16 in.); arc: 135°
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.243
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.
Fan
1783–85
Fan
Charles Eisen
1780s
Fan
about 1795
Fan
1779
Fan
1789
Fan
Maria Anna Angelica Kauffman
about 1783
Fan
Edmund Soper Hunt Fan Factory
1867–76
Fan
about 1820
Fan
Ernest Kees
about 1890
Fan
1850–1900
Fan
1798