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Fan
1775–80
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Skin leaf painted in gouache; horn sticks with gilt-silver decoration; incised horn guards
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: Guard: 27.0 cm; Open: 52.5 cm
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.348
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDouble skin leaf. Center vignette of Temple of Minerva Medica; red, black and decorative borders. The Arch of Titus, left; the Temple of Saturn with the Arch of Septimus Severus in the background, right; red, blue and decorative borders. Twelve horn sticks ornamented with gilt-silver, diamond paste studs in rivet.
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.