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Designer Charles James American
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James used this unique wing-like fan form to accessorize his dresses in numerous fashion spreads between 1935 and 1949. Wing-like protrusions and forms were a consistent element of the design vocabulary seen in his dresses.
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Title: Fixed fan
Designer:
Charles James (American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978)
Date: 1935–47
Culture: American
Medium: feathers
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number: 2009.300.2245
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