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Brisé fan

about 1830
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueSkin-covered ivory sticks; ivory guards decorated with gilt; mother-of-pearl; silk
DimensionsGuard: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); maximum open: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.)
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.256
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
InscriptionsSouvenir
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.
Fan
1870–75
Fan
1783–85
Cabriolet fan
1755–60
Fan
1750s
Fan
1781
Fan
1740s
Fan
1760s
Fan
1720s
Folding fan
Noël-Nicholas Coypel
1765–80
Fan
1780s
Fan
Charles Le Brun
1720–40
Open with box
Antonio Guardi
1767