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Brisé spyglass fan
French
about 1790
Object Place: France or Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Pierced and gilded horn blades; spyglass lens in guard; silk; horn
Dimensions
Guard: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); maximum open: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.); arc: 150°
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2086
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSpyglass fan, white silk connecting ribbon. Seventeen arrow-shaped pierced and gilded horn sticks with floral motif, stick sides serrated, stars at heads, gilt-silver foil decoration, inset steel dots and rings. Spyglass lens set below ribbon, glass in obverse guard (which is, with other guard, of double thickness). Horn button at rivet.
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, November 10, 1943.