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Ivory fan
Dutch
18th century
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: length - 11" / spread - 20"
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession Number01.6694
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionTwenty pieced, carved and gilded ivory sticks. Traces of coloring. One guard and one blade broken. Face of leaf paper, painted with landscape and group of six figures on a terrace. Reverse of leaf-kid painted with landscape and group of six figures on a terrace. Reverse of leaf--kid painted with landscape. Used by Mrs. Gardner Brewer when young. Gilt swivel. Guards have mother of pearl strips set in ends.