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Fan

1760s
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueSkin/paper leaf painted in gouache; pierced, carved, painted and gilded ivory sticks; articulated medallion in ivory guards
DimensionsGuard: 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.); maximum open: 52 cm (20 1/2 in.); arc: 150°
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.186
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1976, gift of Esther Oldham (b. 1900 - d. 1984), Wellesley, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1976)
Fan
1740s
Fan
Charles Le Brun
1720–40
Fan
about 1820
Fan
1740s
Fan
1781
Fan
1750s
Folding fan
Noël-Nicholas Coypel
1765–80
Open with box
Antonio Guardi
1767
Fan
1783–85
Cabriolet fan
1755–60
Fan
1850–1900
Fan
1779