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Fan

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The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Fan made of stamped paper leaf (decoupe), pleated and pierced, and painted in watercolour with trails of flowers on the recto and sprigs on the verso. Ivory guards carved with a figure of a woman with a basket, backed with mother-of-pearl. Carved ivory sticks. Paste rivet.

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  • Title: Fan
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1750/1770
  • Location: England
  • Physical Dimensions: Height: 29.2 cm open maximum, Width: 52 cm open maximum, Length: 11.25 in
  • Provenance: Given by HM Queen Mary
  • Medium: Stamped paper leaf, pleated, pierced and painted, carved ivory or bone, mother-of-pearl, paste
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