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about 1790
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Paper leaf, etched, engraved and painted in watercolor; bone sticks; carved bone guard
Dimensions
Guard: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.); maximum open: 48 cm (18 7/8 in.); arc: 140-45°
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.235
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionShiny double paper leaf. Obverse: Marquis de Lafayette and personification of France/Liberty on either side of flaming altar, flanked by two couples; stencilled scrollwork border. Reverse: "Le Serment de la Liberté par Mr. le Mquis. de la Fayette, Commandant Général de la Garde." Thirteen bone sticks, obverse guard carved with bird and leaves.
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.