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"Country Dance" fan
Date:
ca. 1760
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Paper, Mother-of-pearl, Iron; Opaque Watercolor And Gold Paint, Carved And Incised Sticks And Guards With Applied Silver And Gilt Silver Foil, Rivet
Dimensions:
27.9 cm (11 in.)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Provenance:
Given by Whitney Warren 10 years after his sister's death
Accession Number:
1978.10.3
Acquisition Date:
1979-01-04
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Reginald Rives
Exhibition History:
Fans of the Eighteenth Century, Textiles Education Gallery, de Young Museum, 3/31/18 - 11/2/18
Gallery 9A, Legion of Honor, 4/04 - 10/04
Fans in Fashion, Legion of Honor, 5/23/81 - 8/30/81
Leaf of paper with opaque watercolor and gold paint with dancers and musicians. On the reverse shows a man and woman under a tree. Sticks and guards of carved and incised mother-of-pearl with applied silver and gilt silver foil. Iron rivet.
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