Fan

Unknown

fourth quarter 19th century · mother-of-pearl, linen, metal, bone · Costume Institute

This is probably a child's fan but worked with very fine materials. The needle-made lace of the leaf is handmade and the placement of the motifs indicates it is made precisely for a fan of this size and shape; particularly charming is the melon shape beneath the two flowers at the center of the leaf.

Artist

Unknown

Date

fourth quarter 19th century

Medium

mother-of-pearl, linen, metal, bone

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 the executors of the estate of Clara M. Blum in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blum, 1966