Imperial Bridal Fan
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Several close members of the imperial family presented this fan to Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna upon the occasion of her marriage to Prince Peter of Oldenburg on July 27, 1901. Decorated on one side, the central panel shows the couple receiving homage from their attendants in the traditional Russian bread-and-salt ceremony. On the small panel below is a watercolor of Gatchina Palace where the wedding took place.
[Wolfram Koeppe, 2011]
[Wolfram Koeppe, 2011]
Artwork Details
- Title: Imperial Bridal Fan
- Maker: House of Carl Fabergé
- Maker: Workmaster: Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903)
- Artist: Painted by Serge Solomko (Russian)
- Date: 1901
- Culture: Russian, St. Petersburg
- Medium: Polychromed parchment, nacre, guilloché enamel, yellow and rose gold, rose- and briolette-cut diamond
- Dimensions: Overall: 14 x 26 5/8 (opened) in. (35.6 x 67.6 cm)
- Classification: Fans
- Credit Line: Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation
- Object Number: L.2011.66.3
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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