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Brisé fan
about 1825–55
Object Place: Berlin, Germany
Medium/Technique
Horn blades painted in gouache; silk; blue stone studs
Dimensions
Guard: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); maximum open: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.330
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCommemorative fan for opening of Royal Museum, Berlin (now known as Old Museum). Center scene of Old Museum; Horse Tamers on top copied from Piazza del Quirinale, Rome; small boats in canal at foreground; flanked by conventionalized decorative motifs. Twenty horn blades, white silk connecting ribbon, blue stone studs in rivet.
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.