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Folding Fan and Case
ca. 1760
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Beginning in the late 17th century, rigid fans were replaced by folding fans. They were usually made of light materials such as paper or parchment mounted on sticks of ivory, tortoiseshell, or wood. Fan painters often depicted historical, particularly classical scenes, such as this example in which the subject is an audience before a king.
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- Title: Folding Fan and Case
- Creator: French
- Date Created: ca. 1760
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: French
- Provenance: Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: fans
- Medium: watercolor and gilding on paper, mother-of-pearl, velvet case
- Exhibitions: Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006-2009.
- Dimensions: 10 11/16 x 20 1/16 in. (27.2 x 51 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters
- Classification: Textiles
- Accession Number: 86.6
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