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Hand-painted silk hand fan

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Museu da Moda Brasileira

Museu da Moda Brasileira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hand-painted silk hand fan. Margins decorated with flowers and embroidered with small sequins in gold metal. In the center, a scene of the interior of a Dutch house, with a female figure sitting on a bench, next to a basket with wool and ball on the floor; In front of her a young man dressed in eighteenth-century costumes holding a bunch of flowers in his hands behind his back. Eighteen sticks, including the masters, in cut and engraved bone with gold and silver in floral motifs. Metal handle and button.

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  • Title: Hand-painted silk hand fan
  • Creator: Unknow
  • Physical Dimensions: A 26.0 X Env 46.0 cm
  • Provenance: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, hand fans became the ideal propaganda vehicle. The fan had two sides - perfect for displaying two messages at once - one facing the bearer and the other facing the viewer. Advertising fans were used in many capitalist cultures, often being even released in series.
  • 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: Silk, bone, metal, bevelled, paint, gilding, assembly, collage
Museu da Moda Brasileira

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