Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan
Object Number:
1949.181
Date:
ca. 1902
Medium:
Ivory, paper, paint, metal, mother of pearl
Dimensions:
closed: 10 1/2 x 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 26.7 x 2.2 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Fan with shaped ivory guards and sticks with gold and silver painted openwork decoration, and paper leaf with color-printed scenes with hand-painted highlights on obverse and reverse; obverse with multiple figures, including adults and children, in desert landscape, with decorative framing motif stamped in gold on either side; reverse with large group of allegorical female figures representing arts and sciences, with two cupids with cornucopias within the group; metal rivet with mother of pearl buttons.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this fan was purchased in Seville, Spain, around 1902.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
