Fan

fourth quarter 19th century
Not on view
Excellent example of fan-making in this period; painting very refined and detailed; themes of trophies on sticks are carried out on the leaf; particularly well-executed sense of perspective with small break in the foliage showing water with sailboats in the far distance; sticks and guards very elaborately ornamented with gold and silver leaf and intricate incising

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Object Information
  • Title: Fan
  • Artist: Debillemont
  • Date: fourth quarter 19th century
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: mother-of-pearl, paper, gouache, metal, glass
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of George Arents in memory of Annie Walter Arents, 1949
  • Object Number: 2009.300.1810
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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