Ostrich feather fan, 1900
Also known as: Éventail en plumes d'autruche, 1900
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1900
Ostrich feather fan is held by Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris (France), dated 1900. Description supplied by the holding institution: Folding fan, composed of 16 sticks and 2 guards, with rounded head and guards, loop, and ribbon.
Leaf made of white ostrich feathers, frame and loop in tortoiseshell with mottled patterning, gilded metal rivet, wrist loop in ivory moire ribbon; silver monogram pinned to the guard. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Identification
- Europeana id
- /966/europeana_fashion_500036063
- Museum object name
- Éventail en plumes d'autruche
- Holding institution
- Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
Catalogue references
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