Fan

Unknown

ca. 1920 · mother-of-pearl, silk · Costume Institute

The outstanding characteristics of this fan is the overlapping sequin work, imitating the overlapping feathers on a bird's body, the bird forms that have been carved as an integral part of sticks, and the replication of the same three birds on the leaf and the sticks. Although it is a late example, it is illustrative of the care lavished on fans for over two centuries.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1920

Medium

mother-of-pearl, silk

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 Mrs. George Liberman, 1980