Fan owned by ballerina Marie Taglioni (1804-1884), ivory sticks and guards and satin leaf
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century
Fan with ivory sticks and 'guards', pink satin leaf with white satin on the reverse. The manipulation of the fan would have been an integral part of teaching social dance in the 1870s when Taglioni was teaching in London.
A collection of Taglioni memorabilia was amassed by Margaret Rolfe, the granddaughter of Taglioni's closest friend in London, Mrs Boggs Rolfe; she attended Taglioni's dancing classes and received many gifts of Taglioni memorabilia, from Taglioni herself, from her grandmother and from Taglioni's niece, Marguerite Troubetzkoi, after Taglioni's death.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 175 mm excluding metal loop
- Materials and techniques
- Ivory sticks and guards with satin leaf
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O63774
- Museum object number
- S.258-1979
- 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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