Brisé fan of openwork carved bone, held together with a green satin ribbon
Also known as: Brisé-waaier van ajour gesneden been, bijeengehouden met een groen satijnen lint
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1815 - c. 1820
Brisé fan of openwork carved bone. The pointed ends of the sticks are slightly serrated. The 22 sticks are held together by a green satin ribbon threaded through the upper part of the mount.
The washer near the copper rivet is made of bone. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1994-10; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), bone (material), silk; technique cutting, drawn thread work, weaving; measurements length 13.5 cm. 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), bone (material), silk
- Technique
- cutting, drawn thread work, weaving
- Measurements
- length 13.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- span 24.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Brisé-waaier van ajour gesneden been, bijeengehouden met een groen satijnen lint
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1994-10
- Museum classification
- brisé fan
Catalogue references
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