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Cabriolet fan
French or German
about 1755
Medium/Technique
Paper leaf painted in gouache; pierced, painted, and partially varnished ivory sticks
Dimensions
Guard: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.); maximum open: 48.5 cm (19 1/8); arc: 180°
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession Number01.6687
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionTwo double paper leaves mounted concentrically. Eighteen thin, pierced, gilded and painted ivory sticks. Obverse: upper leaf shows figures engaged in country pleasures of dancing and music-making, lower leaf shows young man in a cabriolet (light, two-wheeled carriage). Reverse: upper leaf shows marine scene, lower leaf shows a landscape with two figures and classical ruins.
ProvenanceBefore 1901: bought in Dresden; collection Gardner Brewer; by 1901: Collection Mrs. Arthur Croft; gift of Mrs. Arthur Croft to the MFA 1901.