Fan, paper and silk, Paris, 1911
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1911
Georges Barbier was a leading fashion illustrator in Paris in the early 20th century. He collaborated with the most avant garde fashion designers of the day, such as Paul Poiret and Madame Paquin. French fashion from 1909 onwards was strongly influenced by the productions of the 'One Thousand and One Nights' stories by the Ballets Russes, with costume designs by Léon Bakst.
Decorated fan of printed and hand-coloured paper and painted silk. The sticks and guards are of bone with painted decoration of grapes and butterflies. The rivet and cord loop are of yellow metal, and the cord and tassels are of various coloured silk threads twisted together. When folded the leaf projects beyond the guards in a series of zig-zags.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Printed and hand-coloured paper, with painted silk, bone, metal and silk thread
- Dimensions
- Length: 24.8 cm; Width: 33 cm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Georges Barbier; Madame Paquin
- Place recorded
- Paris
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O87270
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- T.333-1978
- Museum system number
- O87270
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.