Imperial Bridal Fan

Workmaster: Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin Russian

1901

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 555

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]

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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