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Image

Unknown Maker, French

Folding fan,

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

French

Title

Folding fan

Medium

bone, steel, silk, paillette, silver foil

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • bone,
  • steel,
  • silk,
  • paillette,
  • silver foil

Techniques

  • bone,
  • steel,
  • Silk,
  • paillette,
  • silver foil

Dimensions

15.9 cm (6 1/4 inches) (length)

Type

  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Gift of Marie L. Newcomb

Object Number

20.277

About

Folding fan

Beauty in Hand

The Art of the Fan

Projects & Publications

Publications

Beauty in Hand

The Art of the Fan

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Beauty in Hand

June 1 - August 18, 1990

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Folding fan with the accession number of 20.277. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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