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Cabriolet fan
1755–60
Object Place: Europe
Medium/Technique
Paper leaf printed and handcolored; painted and lightly polished wood sticks
Dimensions
Guard: 29 cm (11 7/16 in.); maximum open: 50 cm (19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.212
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionTwo concentric narrow paper leaves. Obverse: three chinoiserie scenes, man in temple, left; figures around man in cabriolet, center; man and boy under tree, right; stylized floral border (upper leaf); musicians center, other figures and floral border (lower leaf). Reverse: swags of painted flowers (upper leaf); left to right: vase, bird in tree, drum and sticks, musicians, man with cart, houses, woman with parasol (lower leaf). Light polished wood sticks with painted floral designs.
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.