Fan: expandable in tube
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Plastic, textile
Dimensions:
closed: 5 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 13.7 x 2.2 cm )
open: 14 x 8 5/8 x 7/8 in. ( 35.6 x 21.9 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Collapsible circular screen fan (handscreen) made of accordion-pleated ivory-colored textile with ivory-colored plastic handle; fan is withdrawn and reinserted into cylinder-shaped handle by pulling on beige silk cord.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James King Hand
Object Number:
1942.212
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30048
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan with box
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1891
Medium:
Mother of pearl, silk, metal, paint, gilding, cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall (fan opened): 25 1/2 x 14 x 1 1/2 in. (64.8 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm)
Box: 2 x 15 x 2 in. ( 5.1 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Wedding fan with carved, gold painted, mother of pearl guards and sticks, ivory-colored silk chiffon leaf; center-front painted with image of a man and woman in a forest or garden setting; metal handle; exterior of rectangular case covered in white satin; interior lined with white paper with gold trim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Object Number:
1949.178ab
Marks:
Painted on leaf: "Jolivet"
Cover of case stamped in gold: "E. E. F."
Underside of case cover stamped in gold: "TIFFANY & Co. / UNION SQUARE / NEW-YORK"
Inscriptions:
Number "29[?]14" scratched into end of sping underside
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records this fan was given as a wedding gift (possibly to the donor) in 1891 by Mr. William A. Read, an usher in the wedding.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
30045
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan with box
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Ivory, paper, silk, silver, other metal, mother of pearl, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall (fan closed): 10 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. (25.7 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm)
Box: 1 3/8 x 10 x 1 3/8 in. ( 3.5 x 25.4 x 3.5 c
Description:
Fan with pierced ivory guards and sticks with applied silver borders and bands, and the lower guard carved like twisted rope; paper leaf, the obverse with color-printed image centered on white ground of two men and two women in eighteenth-century costume standing in front of garden backdrop; metal handle with pink silk tassel and rivet with mother of pearl buttons; cardboard box covered in embossed white paper.
Object Number:
INV.8616ab
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on paper tag attached with string to handle: "COX"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30044
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Wood, silk, paint, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 9 x 1 x 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Fan with wooden guards and sticks with painted decoration, light turquoise silk leaf painted with flowers, and metal handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James King Hand
Object Number:
1942.217
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
30043
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1910
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
closed: 9 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 in. ( 24.8 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Advertising fan with wooden guards and sticks, and color-printed paper leaf with view of an airfield with numerous planes aloft above it; inscribed "Souvenir Café Martin New-York."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James King Hand
Object Number:
1942.214
Marks:
printed: on obverse of leaf: "Souvenir / Café Martin / New-York" and "Geo Blott / Betheny 1910"
printed: on reverse of leaf: "PERFUMED / WITH / POMPEIA / L. T. DIVER / PARIS (FRANCE)"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
30042
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Tortoise shell, ribbon
Dimensions:
closed: 8 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 in. ( 21 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Tortoise shell brisé fan with blades joined by brown ribbon.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Anna E. Roelker
Object Number:
1940.82
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this fan belonged to the wife of writer and preacher Moncure D. Conway (1832-1907). Conway was the author of "Life of Thomas Paine" (1892), editor of Paine's works, and one of the first Unitarian ministers in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30038
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1789
Medium:
Wood, paper, ribbon
Dimensions:
closed: 11 x 1 x 1 in. ( 27.9 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
open: 18 x 11 x 1 in. ( 45.7 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Brisé fan with pierced wooden guards and sticks with serrated tips; three applied paper medallions with engravings of Marie Antoinette, an allegory of French patriotism, and the Marquis de Lafayette; sticks joined by multicolored ribbon.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. A. Gordon Norrie, in the name of Eloise Lawrence Breese
Object Number:
1921.14
Marks:
engraved: above image of Marie Antoinette: "Marie Antoinette Reine de France, née a Vienne le 2 Nov.bre 1755"
engraved: above image of Lafayette: "M. le Marquis de laFayette Commandant de la Garde Nationale Parisienne"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this fan was carried by "a Miss Bogert" at the reception and ball in honor of General Lafayette held at Castle Garden on September 14, 1824. Eloise Lawrence Breese, in whose name this fan was given, was Miss Bogert's great niece.
Bibliography:
Olson, Roberta J. M. "A selection of European paintings and objects." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 182-187.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1789
eMuseum Object ID:
30035
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Silk, ivory, metal, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 3 in. ( 33.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Parasol with carved ivory tip with tassel attached, ivory silk shade with scalloped edge, collapsible ivory shaft with sliding metal collar, and carved ivory handle.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1945.80e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30022
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol: white and black w/applied decoration on handle
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Silk, wood, paint, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 38 1/2 x 5 in. ( 97.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Parasol with metal ferrule, appliquéd black silk chiffon over beige silk chiffon shade, and white painted wooden shaft with tapered handle with applied black metal decoration.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. B. G. Chapman, Jr.
Object Number:
INV.8403
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on paper tag attached to shaft: "GIFT OF / MRS. B. G. / CHAPMAN, JR." (on one side) and "AMERICAN / 19TH C." (on other side)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30014
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan: black
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Wood, paint, cotton, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 6 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in. ( 16.2 x 3.2 x 1 cm )
Description:
Fan with black painted wooden guards and sticks, black cotton leaf, and metal handle with black tassel.
Object Number:
INV.8731
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
30007
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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