Fan
The owner of this fan, Mary Flagler Cary, was the granddaughter of Henry Morrison Flagler, co-founder of Standard Oil and Florida East Coast Railroad. Her sister, Jean Flagler Matthews founded the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
This is the only fan in the Brooklyn Museum collection with a customized Tiffany & Co. box.
This is the only fan in the Brooklyn Museum collection with a customized Tiffany & Co. box.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fan
- Department Store: Tiffany & Co. (1837–present)
- Date: ca. 1910
- Culture: French
- Medium: ivory, silk, mother-of-pearl, metal
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the trustees of Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, 1969
- Object Number: 2009.300.2154
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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