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Fan

1850–1900
Object PlaceChina (for export)
Medium/TechniquePaper leaf painted in gouache, with applied ivory and silk; pierced, carved, and enameled sticks of various materials; gilt-silver filigree guards
DimensionsGuard: 29 cm (11 7/16 in.); maximum open: 53.5 cm (21 1/16 in.): arc: 155°
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.409
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceOldham Collection; Gift from Esther Oldham to the MFA, June 9, 1976
Fan
Charles Eisen
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Folding fan
Noël-Nicholas Coypel
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1760s
Fan
about 1820
Fan
1740s
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1779
Fan
1783–85
Fan
1740s
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Charles Le Brun
1720–40
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1795–99
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1750s
Open with box
Antonio Guardi
1767