Fan with box
Artist
S. POUSSIN
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.On View
Not on viewCollections
Mid 19th
mid 19th century; c. 1875
18th century
mid 19th cent
mid 18th century
1920-1925
Late 19th century
mid 19th cent