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Folding Fan And Box
This is a Folding fan and box. It was retailed by B. Altman & Co.. It is dated 1905–1910 and we acquired it in 2018. Its medium is sticks of tinted mother-of-pearl, carved à jour, incised, and inlaid with steel paillettes. slips of bone. single leaf of silk gauze weave (crossed warps) embroidered with steel and possibly celluloid paillettes of different sizes and shapes. mother-o. It is a part of the Textiles department.
This object was
transferred from
The Corcoran Gallery of Art.
It is credited Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Its dimensions are
H x W (open): 25 × 29.2 cm (9 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
It is inscribed
The box for this fan, which may have been original is marked inside: “B. Altman & Co, New York,” with a sticker on the bottom of the box that reads “C. Leviele Maker and Repairer Fans, Shell, & Bric-a-Brac 23 West 36th St. New York No 3327.”
Cite this object as
Folding Fan And Box; Retailed by B. Altman & Co. (United States); sticks of tinted mother-of-pearl, carved à jour, incised, and inlaid with steel paillettes. slips of bone. single leaf of silk gauze weave (crossed warps) embroidered with steel and possibly celluloid paillettes of different sizes and shapes. mother-o; H x W (open): 25 × 29.2 cm (9 13/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art; 2018-50-1-a,b
