Fan consisting of a mother-of-pearl stick frame and black ostrich feathers
Also known as: Waaier bestaande uit parelmoeren montuur en zwarte struisveren
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1905 - c. 1920
Fan consisting of a mother-of-pearl stick frame and black ostrich feathers. Stick frame: twenty undecorated sticks close against each other and are held together by a white ribbon.
The guard sticks have a concave 'shoulder' after which they start narrow again and widen out again. Leaf: each stick is mounted with a relatively narrow black ostrich feather and covered on the back with black paper. The central feather is the longest, the following ones diminish in length towards both sides. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1974-13; its record gives material recorded as ribbon, metal, mother of pearl.
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
- ribbon, metal, mother of pearl
- Dimensions museum
- span 62 cm x length 40 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Waaier bestaande uit parelmoeren montuur en zwarte struisveren
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1974-13
- Museum classification
- 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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