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Deck type hand fan
Unknown
Museu da Moda Brasileira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Deck type hand fan, with seventeen wooden sticks, rounded at the ends and fastened by satin ribbon. In the center, hand-painted St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, predominating the shades of blue. Straight and slightly bulging sticks. Metal handle and button.
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Details
- Title: Deck type hand fan
- Creator: Unknown
- Location Created: Italy
- Physical Dimensions: A 20.5 X Env 34.0 cm
- Provenance: In its golden period, the hand fan was used by men and women as a communication tool between couples, through which the messages were sent discreetly according to the position of the fan in relation to the body.
- 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: Wood, metal, montage, paint, collage, satin
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