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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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)
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