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Folding Fan

This is a Folding fan. It is dated 1720–1729 and we acquired it in 2018. Its medium is sticks of carved ivory with elaborate piqué work and insets of red and green dyed ivory. slips of ivory, painted on the reverse. mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet. single-leaf parchment painted with gouache on obverse and reverse with gold and metallic. 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): 28 × 49.8 cm (11 in. × 19 5/8 in.)

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Folding Fan; sticks of carved ivory with elaborate piqué work and insets of red and green dyed ivory. slips of ivory, painted on the reverse. mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet. single-leaf parchment painted with gouache on obverse and reverse with gold and metallic; H x W (open): 28 × 49.8 cm (11 in. × 19 5/8 in.); Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art; 2018-50-4

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