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about 1760
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Skin leaf painted in gouache; lacquered wood sticks with gilt decoration; bone thumbpieces
Dimensions
Guard: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.); maximum open: 52 cm (20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.345
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
Description"Stipple" painted skin leaf. Obverse: Trevi Fountain, groups of figures to sides. Reverse: pastoral vignette of architectural ruin. Narrow gilt band edging. Black lacquered wood sticks with gilt decoration, bone thumbpieces. Mother-of-pearl buttons on rivet.
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.