Fan
Chantilly lace, alternating black and white and mounted on carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks, makes for a particularly stylish fan. Distinguished by a golden V with coronet, this fan belonged to an extravagant and renowned beauty of her day, Virginia Oldoini, the Countess of Castiglione. A gelatin silver photographic portrait print of the Countess holding this fan is in The Met's collection (47.149.15).
Artwork Details
- Title: Fan
- Date: ca. 1858
- Culture: possibly Spanish
- Medium: Lace, mother-of-pearl
- Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 11 × 20 3/8 in. (27.9 × 51.8 cm)
- Classification: Fans
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
- Object Number: 24.80.35
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822–1913)
1861–67, printed 1940s
1839
late 19th century
ca. 1830
Painted by J. Higueras
ca. 1876
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