Fan

Debillemont

fourth quarter 19th century · mother-of-pearl, paper, gouache, metal · Costume Institute

Excellent example of fan-making in this period; painting very refined and detailed; themes of trophies on sticks are carried out on the leaf; particularly well-executed sense of perspective with small break in the foliage showing water with sailboats in the far distance; sticks and guards very elaborately ornamented with gold and silver leaf and intricate incising

Artist

Debillemont

Date

fourth quarter 19th century

Medium

mother-of-pearl, paper, gouache, metal

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of George Arents in memory of Annie Walter Arents, 1949