Fan

Tiffany & Co.

ca. 1910 · ivory, silk, mother-of-pearl, metal · Costume Institute

The owner of this fan, Mary Flagler Cary, was the granddaughter of Henry Morrison Flagler, co-founder of Standard Oil and Florida East Coast Railroad. Her sister, Jean Flagler Matthews founded the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida. This is the only fan in the Brooklyn Museum collection with a customized Tiffany & Co. box.

Artist

Tiffany & Co.

Date

ca. 1910

Medium

ivory, silk, mother-of-pearl, 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 trustees of Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, 1969