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1904

  • Work on this object ended.

1987

  • We acquired this object.

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Pleated Fan (France)

This is a Pleated fan. It was made by Duvelleroy. It is dated ca. 1901 and we acquired it in 1987. Its medium is silk net leaf with applied cotton needle and bobbin lace and steel spangles; tortoise shell sticks embedded with steel spangles, tortoise slips, glass stone at rivet. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Gift of Dorothy Warren.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 25 x 36 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Duvelleroy on the back of one of the slips.

Cite this object as

Pleated Fan (France); Made by Duvelleroy; silk net leaf with applied cotton needle and bobbin lace and steel spangles; tortoise shell sticks embedded with steel spangles, tortoise slips, glass stone at rivet; H x W: 25 x 36 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Gift of Dorothy Warren; 1987-43-2

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