Fan
The outstanding characteristics of this fan is the overlapping sequin work, imitating the overlapping feathers on a bird's body, the bird forms that have been carved as an integral part of sticks, and the replication of the same three birds on the leaf and the sticks. Although it is a late example, it is illustrative of the care lavished on fans for over two centuries.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fan
- Date: ca. 1920
- Culture: French
- Medium: mother-of-pearl, silk
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. George Liberman, 1980
- Object Number: 2009.300.2190
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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