Fan

Unknown

ca. 1910 · plastic, silk, metal · Costume Institute

The intricacy and complexity of integrating the variously shaped sequins and paillettes on this fan are both Belle Époque style and French workmanship at its best. The decoration represents the revival of Neoclassical motifs which took place at the beginning of the 20th century and which became the modish silhouette by 1910.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1910

Medium

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