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Folding Fan with Blank Leaf, and Carved Ivory Sticks, 19th century

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

19th century

Fan in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 11.60.326b), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Folding Fan with Blank Leaf, and Carved Ivory Sticks”.

The museum dates it 19th century. The museum records the medium as Paper and ivory and the dimensions as L. 7-1/2 inches (19.1 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
Paper and ivory
Dimensions
L. 7-1/2 inches (19.1 cm)

Technical characteristics

Classification
Fans

Identification

Met object id
209474
Museum object name
Fan
Museum object number
11.60.326b

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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