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Fan
ca. 1770
Not on view
Fans with printed or painted textile leaves grew increasingly popular in the 1770s, offering a less expensive but equally ornamental alternative to fully painted leaves. As painted fan designs shrank to small vignettes, encircling sequins offered further embellishment at less cost and labor than gilding.
- Title
- Fan
- Date
- ca. 1770
- Object Type
- Costume
- Medium
- Silk, metal, tortoiseshell, metal; satin, plain weave ribbon, plaited ribbon, sequins, carved and incised sticks and guards with mother-of-pearl underlay and applied gold and silver foil, rivet
- Dimensions
- 19 5/16 in., (49 cm,)
- Credit Line
- Gift of John R. Pershing in memory of Frances R. Pershing
- Accession Number
- 2006.142.3
