Fan
This is probably a child's fan but worked with very fine materials. The needle-made lace of the leaf is handmade and the placement of the motifs indicates it is made precisely for a fan of this size and shape; particularly charming is the melon shape beneath the two flowers at the center of the leaf.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fan
- Date: fourth quarter 19th century
- Culture: European
- Medium: mother-of-pearl, linen, metal, bone
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the executors of the estate of Clara M. Blum in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blum, 1966
- Object Number: 2009.300.2061
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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