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Possibly by: Alice Helen Loch (British, 19th century)
1880s
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Silk leaf painted in gouache, decorated with brass, steel, and multicolored sequins; pierced, gilt ivory sticks
Dimensions
Guard: 28 cm (11 in.); maximum open: 53 cm (20 7/8 in.); 145°
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.269
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDouble silk leaf decorated with polychrome spangles and gilt-silver yarns. Obverse: pastoral scene of man and woman, stylized border, pink background, gilt edging; music and instruments in vignette right. Reverse: plain yellow silk, signed "Duvelleroy" left guardstick. Fourteen machine-pierced ivory sticks decorated with gilt-silver and piqué work, mother-of-pearl button at rivet.
Signed
Loch
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.