Fan

Unknown

1855–65 · mother-of-pearl, paper, metal · Costume Institute

Good example of a finely detailed bible narrative; serves a dual purpose of having a religious basis but also an event taking place in a very exotic land where there is opportunity to illustrate elaborate clothing, entrancing architecture and monuments of Egypt This fan is from the collection of Mary Walters Arents, wife of George Arents, one of the founders of the American Tobacco company. The Arentses also collected academic art which shares similar imagery, style and aesthetic as the fans they collected.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1855–65

Medium

mother-of-pearl, paper, metal

Culture

European

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