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1740s
Object Place: Netherlands (?)
Medium/Technique
Skin leaf painted in gouache; carved and pierced ivory sticks and guard
Dimensions
Guard: 29 cm (11 7/16 in.); maximum open: 52.5 cm (20 11/16 in.); arc: 140°
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionObverse: center allegorical vignette of "Queen Esther before King Ahasuerus", with gilt border, surrounded by hand-painted lace and striped ribbon against dark and light pin-striped background, black border. Reverse: Italian houses on island outlined in red with black birds, boats and foreground. Carved and pierced ivory sticks in stylized floral motif. Mother-of-pearl rings on rivet. Polychrome silk tassel unattached.
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to the MFA, June 9, 1976.