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Découpé fan

about 1760
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique Paper leaf cut with stamp, painted with gouache; carved and silvered ivory sticks; pierced ivory guard; foil; paste
Dimensions Guard: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.); maximum open: 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.); arc: 125°
Credit Line Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.207
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDouble paper leaf cut with stamp to resemble lace. Obverse: five gouache painted pastoral vignettes with figures, gilt borders. Reverse: five gouache painted pastoral vignettes without figures, blue borders. Sixteen ivory sticks with carved and silvered (now tarnished) floral design on blades. Pierced, painted, and gilt floral design on guards, backed with red foil, diamond paste studs in rivet.
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to the MFA, June 9, 1976