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Brisé fan
about 1830
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Skin-covered ivory sticks; ivory guards decorated with gilt; mother-of-pearl; silk
Dimensions
Guard: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); maximum open: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.256
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionTwenty-one blades. Obverse: painted pastoral scene of man kneeling before seated woman, decorative gold border at top. Reverse: white paper with gold border at top; names of dance partners on sticks. White silk connecting ribbon. Guardsticks decorated with gold piqué work. Obverse with mother-of-pearl pansy and stylus with garnet which pulls out top end; reverse with small gold and blue plaque inscribed "Souvenir."
InscriptionsSouvenir
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.