Fan

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Fan

c. 1750

Artist/maker unknown, European

Eighteenth-century deportment prescribed how fans were held while curtseying, standing, sitting, and walking. This fan features a mythological scene of Venus and her son Aeneas on the leaf, inlaid straw chinoiserie figures and buildings on the sticks, and serpentine swirls around a tiny figure on the pierced guards.

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Object Details

Title:

Fan

Date:

c. 1750

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, European

Medium:

Goauche and gold paper; ivory sticks with dyed straw appliqué; pierced mother-of-pearl guards; paste diamond rivet

Dimensions:

11 1/2 x 21 inches (29.2 x 53.3 cm)

Classification:

Costume (including accessories)

Credit Line:

Gift of the heirs of Paul D. I. and Anna Shinn Maier, 1998

Accession Number:

1998-162-25

Geography:

Made in Europe

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