Sticks of carved ivory with elaborate piqué work and insets of red and green dyed ivory. Slips of ivory, painted on the reverse. Mother-of-pearl washer at the rivet. Single-leaf parchment painted with gouache on obverse and reverse with gold and metallic highlights at the edges.
Dimensions:
H x W (open): 28 × 49.8 cm (11 in. × 19 5/8 in.)
Type:
costume & accessories
Folding fan
Made in:
Italy
Date:
1720–1729
Credit Line:
Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
William A. Clark, (American, 1839–1925) Search this
Medium:
Medium: cotton (central band), linen (top and bottom border) Technique: needle lace with inner and outer borders of bobbin lace; some bobbin-made brides added later
Dimensions:
H x W: 90.2 × 223.5 cm (35 1/2 in. × 7 ft. 4 in.)
Type:
lace
Altar frontal
Made in:
Italy
Date:
18th–19th century
Credit Line:
Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, William A. Clark Collection