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Fan

ca. 1858
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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God save us from such a bitter fate; a bandit threatening a woman and a child with a knife, page 41 from the "Black Border Album" (E)
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ca. 1816–20
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