Fan owned by ballerina Marie Taglioni (1804-1884)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century
Fan with with pierced ivory sticks, the hinge set with mother-of-pearl beads, the leaf of pale blue chiffon decorated with gold sequins and painted floral design
These two fans were used by Marie Taglioni in her dancing class. The manipulation of the fan would have been an integral part of teaching social dance in the 1870s when Taglioni was teaching in London. One of several fans in the Cyril Beaumont Collection owned by Marie Taglioni and part of a unique collection of memorabilia and personal effects which evoke Marie Taglioni in the last decades of her life.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Materials and techniques
- Pierced ivory sticks, leaf of chiffon decorated with paint and gold sequins
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O63183
- Museum object number
- S.7-1987
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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