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Fan with box

Artist
DateLate 19th century
Mediummother-of-pearl
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Gregory Falls
Object number1960.20.45
DescriptionPaper fan with plain mother-of-pearl sticks. There is a scene painted on the fan leaf of a young woman standing in a landscape with cupids. There is a flower border which, on each side of the front, starts 1/3 up the outside edge, goes down across the side edge, and the 1/3 up the inside edge. The back of the fan has no painted scene but the flower border is the same as on the front. The leaf of the fan uses just over 1/2 of the length of the sticks. On the back, bottom inside corner left side, in small blue letters: Tiffany & Co. On the front, right side center, in purple: S. Poussin. The fan is in a white silk box with Tiffany & Co. inside lid.
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