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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 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
