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Wedding costume in six parts (folding fan)
Wedding costume in six parts (folding fan)

Wedding costume in six parts (folding fan)

1760s
Object PlaceFrance or England
Medium/TechniqueSkin leaf painted in gouache and gilded; pierced and carved ivory sticks with applied mother-of-pearl
DimensionsGuard: 29.3 cm (11 9/16 in.); maximum open: 54 cm (21 1/4); arc: 130°
Credit LineGift of Miss Annie Jewett
Accession number13.586f
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ClassificationsPersonal accessories
Collections
ProvenanceNovember 12, 1783, said to be part of the ensemble of Sarah Hill (b. 1752 - d. 1798) at her wedding to Enoch Huse (b. 1753 - d. 1817), Boston. 1913, gift of Miss Annie Jewett, Gloucester, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)

Fan
1750s
Fan
1750s
Fan
1740s
Folding fan
Noël-Nicholas Coypel
1765–80
Fan
1780s
Fan
1720s
Fan
1730–40
1780s
Fan
about 1740
Fan
Nicolas Lancret
about 1732
Fan
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
about 1750