On View
Not on viewFolding Hand Fan
Artist
Alice Gay
Date1876
Terms
- Fans
- Bone
- Silk Fiber
- Ivory
- Switzerland
Dimensions5.08 × 31.12 × 3.81 cm (2 × 12 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)
MarkingsLabel on box cover: "Eventails pour Corbeilled de Mariage/ Nouveautes, Haute Fantaisie/ A. Rodien/ Rue de Luxembourg, 48/ Reparations d'Eventails".
Credit LineGift of Miss Alice Metcalf (1933)
Object numberPER1180
DescriptionFan has ivory or bone sticks; silk mount painted and signed by Alice Gay (see artist info). Landscape with two figures.
The fan is accompanied by an original cardboard box, located in CS, Box CS-044. The box is rectangular with a separate lid. The exterior is covered in white paper with brown trim at the edges. The interior of the box features a label: "EVENTAILS / pour / Courbeilles de Mariage / NOUVEAUTES HAUTE FANTASIE / A RODIEN / RUE DE LUXEMBOURG 48 / Reparations d'Eventails". There is an indistinct pencil inscription on the bottom of the box.
The fan is accompanied by an original cardboard box, located in CS, Box CS-044. The box is rectangular with a separate lid. The exterior is covered in white paper with brown trim at the edges. The interior of the box features a label: "EVENTAILS / pour / Courbeilles de Mariage / NOUVEAUTES HAUTE FANTASIE / A RODIEN / RUE DE LUXEMBOURG 48 / Reparations d'Eventails". There is an indistinct pencil inscription on the bottom of the box.
Collections
- Historic Clothing
