Collection Highlights
N Amsterdam, ou N Iork in Ameriq
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.13
Medium:
Colored engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan with box
Object Number:
1937.4ab
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Mother of pearl, silk, paint, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall (fan closed): 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. (24.1 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm)
Box: 1 1/8 x 10 x 1 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 25.4 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
painted: on obverse of leaf: "F Sauvage"
printed: inside lid of box: "ME. REBOURS, / PEINTRE D'ÉVENTAILS, / Brevetée de S. M. la Reine d'Angleterre. / Rue Richepance, 10. / ÉCRANS / Réparations d'Eventails."
Description:
Fan with mother of pearl guards and sticks, and peach-colored silk leaf with painted floral decoration; in rectangular white cardboard box with gold embossed decoration on lid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
