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Calendar fan
French
1774
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk leaf printed and painted; wood and ivory handle
Dimensions
23 x 37 cm (9 1/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2097
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCockade calendar fan. Single white silk leaf, letter-press printed and painted in watercolor. Days of month listed for year 1774, painted floral swag border, butterflies between moths. Wood handle case with brass mechanism; ivory at ends of case.
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, November 10, 1943.