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Folding fan

1825–50
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniquePainted paper; silver; silk plain weave; silk; ivory; enamel; brass
DimensionsOverall: 22cm (8 11/16in.)
Other (open maximum): 41cm (16 1/8in.)
Credit LineOldham Collection
Accession number1976.410
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceOldham Collection; Gift from Esther Oldham to the MFA, June 9, 1976
Folding fan
Late 19th to early 20th century
Fan
1870–75
Fan
1770s
Expanding fan
about 1875
Fan
19th or early 20th century
Folding fan
about 1900
Fan
Charles Eisen
1780s
Fan
Alice Helen Loch
1880s