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Folding Fan And Box
This is a Folding fan and box. It was retailed by B. Altman & Co.. It is dated 1900–1910 and we acquired it in 2018. Its medium is sticks of mother-of-pearl with inset steel paillettes. slips of gold painted mother-of-pearl (probably). mother-of-pearl washer and metal loop at the rivet. single leaf of silk gauze weave (crossed warps) with weft of metal-wrapped silk thread. areas. It is a part of the Textiles department.
This object was
transferred from
The Corcoran Gallery of Art.
It is credited Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Its dimensions are
H x W (open): 21.7 × 26.1 cm (8 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
It is inscribed
The box for this fan, which may have been original is marked inside: “B. Altman & Co, New York.”
Cite this object as
Folding Fan And Box; Retailed by B. Altman & Co. (United States); sticks of mother-of-pearl with inset steel paillettes. slips of gold painted mother-of-pearl (probably). mother-of-pearl washer and metal loop at the rivet. single leaf of silk gauze weave (crossed warps) with weft of metal-wrapped silk thread. areas; H x W (open): 21.7 × 26.1 cm (8 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art; 2018-50-3-a,b
