Folding Fan with Ladies in a Garden, flanked by Flowers, first half 19th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
first half 19th century
Fan in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 55.79.2a), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Folding Fan with Ladies in a Garden, flanked by Flowers”. The museum dates it first half 19th century. The museum records the medium as Ivory and feathers and the dimensions as 22 in. (55.9 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Women, Flowers. 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Ivory and feathers
- Dimensions
- 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Fans
Identification
- Met object id
- 209750
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Museum object number
- 55.79.2a
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
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