Black fabric hand fan
Unknown
Museu da Moda Brasileira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hand fan with seventeen sticks including side sticks, in black. Black fabric body with floral decoration in the center, in the right and left ends decoration with flowers and leafy branches: in red, pink, blue, white, yellow, purple and green colors. Stickspainted with arabesques in gold. Plastic sticks with pin, the same color as the fan.
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Details
- Title: Black fabric hand fan
- Creator: Unknown
- Physical Dimensions: A 25.0 X Env 42.5 cm
- Provenance: The hand fan era, refreshing instruments used in operas, dances and receptions, comes to an end in the 1930s. In the past they were used in fashion, religion, battles or ceremonies, and were representatives of art, culture, geography and history, being a synonym of elegance in some countries and on special occasions. Belonged to Henriqueta Brieba.
- Type: Hand fan
- Photographer: Caique Bellato
- Rights: GOVERNO DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO / SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE CULTURA / FUNDAÇÃO ANITA MANTUANO DE ARTES DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO – FUNARJ / CASA DA MARQUESA DE SANTOS - MUSEU DA MODA BRASILEIRA
- Medium: Plastic, fabric / cloth, assembly, collage, painting
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