Brisé fan Overall open view

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, MA, United States

Brisé fan

Seventeen feather-shaped blades of white silk moiré mounted on sticks, tipped with marabou feathers. Obverse: painted central medallion of Empress Eugénie with Prince Imperial on throne with crown at back; Napoleon III standing right with ladies-in-waitin

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Title: Brisé fan Overall open view
Date Created: 1856
Physical Dimensions: Guard: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.); maximum open: 50 cm (19 11/16 in.) arc: 165°
Type: Fan
Rights: Oldham Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.
Medium: Silk moiré, lithographed and painted in opaque watercolor; marabou feathers and mother-of-pearl sticks

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