Fan with bone sticks and guards and a white fabric leaf with two butterflies in black appliqué lace with silver spangles
Also known as: Waaier met montuur van been en een blad van wit textiel met twee vlinders in zwarte applicatiekant met zilveren lovers
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1850 - c. 1920
Fan with bone sticks and guards and a white fabric leaf with two butterflies in black appliqué lace with silver spangles. The leaf is scalloped and edged with a black scalloped strip of lace. Floral motifs are carved into the bone, and the bone is also inlaid with silver-coloured dots. The fan is packed in a tapering white box with a lid. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2009-178; its record gives material recorded as textile materials, paillette, metal, cardboard, bone (material); technique inlay (process), cutting; measurements length 26 cm x width 4 cm x height 4 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- textile materials, paillette, metal, cardboard, bone (material)
- Technique
- inlay (process), cutting
- Measurements
- length 26 cm x width 4 cm x height 4 cm
- Dimensions museum
- span 36 cm x length 25 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Waaier met montuur van been en een blad van wit textiel met twee vlinders in zwarte applicatiekant met zilveren lovers
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-2009-178
- Museum classification
- box · fan · packing material
Catalogue references
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Research required
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