About this object
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ID:
A19019
Production date:
c. 1750
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Location:
In Store
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Folding fans like this one were important social status symbols. They would have been carried by fashionable women on trips to the theatre or to the pleasure gardens. Fans were sometimes given to women as gifts by male admirers. < ...Read more
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Measurements
H 290 mm; W 415 mm (open) (overall)
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Materials
paper; ivory; gouache
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Last Updated
2024-03-18
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