Fan, France, 1820s
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1820s
Fan, France, 1820s is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1820s. The museum's brief description reads: Fan, 1820s, French or British; with cardboard fan box.
Museum description: Paper fan with ivory sticks and metal guards set with pastes, the mount printed and hand-tinted with a scene from a Gothic Revival romance on one side, and with allegorical figures seated on a pair of scales on the other. With light brown cardboard box with detachable lid The museum record gives material recorded as paste gems, metal, paper, cardboard, ivory; measurements Length 22.9 cm; place associated: France, Great Britain.
These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paste gems, metal, paper, cardboard, ivory
- Dimensions
- Length 22.9 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Printed paper, metal, pastes
- Place recorded
- France, Great Britain
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- Cardboard box inscribed in pencil 'Betsy Love Watson', 'From her friend', and in pen 'Mme Riggs'
Identification
- Museum object name
- Fan
- Museum object number
- T.49-1947
- Museum system number
- O224877
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
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.