Fan

Designer Fan leaf designed and painted by E. Prieur

Retailer Tiffany & Co.

ca. 1889

Not on view

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Title: Fan
Designer: Fan leaf designed and painted by E. Prieur
Retailer: Tiffany & Co. (1837–present)
Date: ca. 1889
Culture: French
Medium: Hand-painted silk; mother-of-pearl, metal gilt
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 26 in. (34.3 x 66 cm)
Classification: Fans
Credit Line: Gift of the daughters of Allison Pierce Moore, 1975
Object Number: 1975.324.2
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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