Folding fan of silk painted with gouache, with wood sticks and mother-of-pearl, Great Britain, 1880-1900. Folding fan with dark wooden fan sticks. The guards are decorated with str
Record status
Individual type · partial
Folding fan of silk painted with gouache, with wood sticks and mother-of-pearl, Great Britain, 1880-1900. Folding fan with dark wooden fan sticks. The guards are decorated with str is held by Victoria and Albert Museum (United Kingdom).
Description supplied by the holding institution: Folding fan of silk painted with gouache, with wood sticks and mother-of-pearl, Great Britain, 1880-1900. Folding fan with dark wooden fan sticks. The guards are decorated with strips of mother-of-pearl. The fan leaf is made of black silk painted in gouache with a scene of a couple sitting together on a bench by a lake. They are dressed in the fashions of the late 18th century.
Silk painted with gouache, with wood and mother-of-pearl. 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
- /2048213/europeana_fashion_http___collections_vam_ac_uk_item_O126335
- Museum object name
- Folding fan of silk painted with gouache, with wood sticks and mother-of-pearl, Great Britain, 1880-1900. Folding fan with dark wooden fan sticks. The guards are decorated with str
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Catalogue references
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