Fan
This fan is probably the oldest item in the costume collection. The leaf of this fan is made of vellum, which is an animal skin. The sticks and guards are made of tortoiseshell. The guards are the two pieces at the end of the fan, the only pieces one sees when the fan is closed.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- A1942
- Category
- Decorative Art
- Collection Class
- Personal objects
- Material
- tortoiseshellanimal skin (vellum)
- Common Name
- fan
- Simple Name
- fan
- Period Classification
- Stuart (1603-1714)
- Production Date
- c 1650
- Production Year Low
- 1625
- Production Year High
- 1650
