Brisé fan of pierced white bone
Also known as: Brisé-waaier van wit been à-jour gesneden
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1899
Brisé fan of white bone carved à jour. The 20 connected sticks are 1/3 plain, and 2/3 fully openwork with three geometric forms. The sequence of openings creates three medallions within circular arches.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-18306; its record gives material recorded as metal, mother of pearl, bone (material), silk; technique cutting. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- metal, mother of pearl, bone (material), silk
- Technique
- cutting
- Dimensions museum
- span 36 cm x length 20.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Brisé-waaier van wit been à-jour gesneden
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-18306
- Museum classification
- brisé fan
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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