Fan

CultureUnknown

MediumMother-of-pearl

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 20 inches (26.67 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. William H. Chapman

Object number35-523

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionFan decorated with elaborate gilt and pierced designs covered at the top with a colored lithograph representing a group of people dressed in 18th c. costumes fishing at the bank of a river. Reverse: Colored lithograph representing two couples dressed in 16th c. costumes on a small island.Provenance

Provenance

Margaret Cameron Chapman (née Mann, 1865-1935), Kansas City, MO, by 1935;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.

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