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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 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
