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Department Store Tiffany & Co.
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With its vibrant color and luminescent mother-of- pearl sticks, this fan is an attention-getting accessory. It is saved from vulgarity, however, by the fine bobbin-made lace, which is elegantly applied so that the floral border extends beyond the edge of the fan leaf.
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Title: Fan
Department Store:
Tiffany & Co. (1837–present)
Date: 1890–1899
Culture: French
Medium: mother-of-pearl, silk, linen, metal, glass
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Charles C. Harris, 1968
Accession Number: 2009.300.2135
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