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1890s
Object Place: possibly Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Skin/silk leaf painted in watercolor; pierced and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks; gilt
Dimensions
Guard: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.); maximum open: 51 cm (20 1/16 in.); arc: 140°
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.270
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSingle skin leaf with silk backing. Obverse: salon scene of four women and man playing blind-man's-bluff, two men and two women at table right playing game, overturned chair right foreground; stylized gilt border with birds and flowers at sides, signed "G. Neitey." Reverse: stylized garlands on silk leaf, decorative border at top. Narrow gilt band at top. Fifteen pierced mother-of-pearl sticks with gilt and silver vignettes of musical instruments, stylized floral borders and details, painted vines on reverse blades over leaf, gilt ring.
Signed
G. Neitey
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.